Hiva Oa

Hiva Oa is the second largest island in the , in , an overseas territory of in the Pacific Ocean.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in French Polynesia
  • Also known as: Dominica”, “Hiva hoa”, “Hiva roa”, “Hiva-Oa”, “Hiwaoa”, “Ile Hiva-Oa”, “La Dominique”, “Ohevihoa”, and “Ohivaoa
  • Historically known as: Domenica Island”, “Dominica Island”, and “Ohivihua

Places of Interest

Highlights include Atuona Airport.

Aerodrome
or Hiva Oa Airport is an airport located 4.5 kilometres northeast of , on the island of Hiva Oa, in the of .

Hiva Oa

Latitude
-9.7653° or 9° 45′ 55″ south
Longitude
-138.9994° or 138° 59′ 58″ west
Population
2,370
Elevation
520 metres (1,706 feet)
Open location code
642362M2+V6
Geo­Names ID
4019996
Wiki­data ID
Q937908
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Mari—“Hiva Oa” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Hiva-Oa
  • Arabic: هيفا أوآ
  • Armenian: Հիվա-Օա
  • Basque: Hiva Oa
  • Catalan: Hiva Oa
  • Cebuano: Hiva Oa
  • Chinese: 希瓦瓦島
  • Chinese: 黑瓦奧
  • Chuvash: Хива-Оа
  • Czech: Hiva Oa
  • Czech: Hiva-Oa
  • Dutch: Hiva Oa
  • Egyptian Arabic: هيفا اوآ
  • Esperanto: Hiva Oa
  • Estonian: Hiva Oa
  • Finnish: Hiva Oa
  • French: Hiva Oa
  • French: Hiva-Oa
  • Galician: Hiva Oa
  • German: Hiva Oa
  • Hebrew: היבה אוא
  • Indonesian: Hiva Oa
  • Italian: Hiva Oa
  • Japanese: ヒバ・オア島
  • Japanese: ヒバオア島
  • Latvian: Hivaoa
  • Lithuanian: Hiva Oa
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Hiva Oa
  • Norwegian: Hiva Oa
  • Persian: هیوا اوآ
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: Hiva Oa
  • Polish: Hiva Oa
  • Portuguese: Hiva’Oa
  • Romanian: Hiva Oa
  • Russian: Хива-Оа (остров)
  • Russian: Хива-Оа
  • Slovenian: Hiva Oa
  • Spanish: Hiva Oa
  • Spanish: Hiva’Oa
  • Swahili: Hiva Oa
  • Swedish: Hiva Oa
  • Tahitian: Hiva Oa
  • Ukrainian: Хіва-Оа
  • Urdu: ہیوا اوا
  • Western Mari: Хива-Оа

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