Marquesas Islands
The Marquesas Islands are an archipelago of about a dozen islands in French Polynesia, most with steep mountains.
Essential Destinations
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Places of Interest
Highlights: Atuona Airport.
Marquesas Islands
- Type: archipelago with 9,350 residents
- Description: island group in French Polynesia
- Also known as: “‘Āina ‘Enata”, “‘Āina ’Enata”, “’Enana”, “archipel des Marquises”, “Archipel des Marquises”, “Arquipélagos das Marquesas”, “Atuona”, “Circonscription Administrative des Îles Marquises”, “iles Marquises”, “Iles Marquises”, “Ilhas marquesas”, “Isles Marqueses”, “Marchesi”, “Markesa uharteak”, “Markesa Uharteak”, “Markiezen-eilanden”, “Markiezenarchipel”, “Markiezeneilanden”, “Markiz Orollari”, “Markiza Insularo”, “Markizini otoki”, “Markizoj”, “Markwesas-eilannen”, “Marquesas Eilanden”, “Marquesas Øerne”, “Marquesas-eilanden”, “Marquesas-øyene”, “Marquesas-oyggjar”, “Marquesas-saaret”, “Marquesasinseln”, “Marquesasinsln”, “Marqueses”, “Marquezas Islands”, “Marquisen”, “Marquisen Eilanden”, “Marquiseöarna”, “Marquises”, “Marquiseseilanden”, “Marquisesöarna”, “Moutere Marquesas”, “Oileáin Mharcasacha”, “Te Fenua Enata”, “Te Henua Ènata”, “Tefenuaenata”, “Tefenuanata”, “Tehenuaenata”, “Αρχιπέλαγος Μαρκέζας”, “Μαρκησίας Νήσοι”, “Маркизовы острова”, “איי המרקיז”, “جزر الماركيز”, “மரியூசஸ் இஸ்லாண்ட்ஸ்”, “마르키즈”, “マーケサス諸島”, “マルケサス”, “侯爵夫人群岛”, and “瑪盔撒群島”
- Location: French Polynesia, Polynesia, Oceania
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Latitude
-9.75° or 9° 45′ south
Longitude
-139° or 139° west
Population
9,350
Elevation
356 metres (1,168 feet)
Open location code
64237222+22
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Marquesas Islands” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Marquesaseilande”
- Amharic: “ማርኬሳስ ደሴቶች”
- Arabic: “جزر ماركيساس”
- Armenian: “Մարկիզյան կղզիներ”
- Asturian: “Islles Marqueses”
- Azerbaijani: “Markez adaları”
- Basque: “Markesak”
- Bavarian: “Marquesas-Insln”
- Belarusian: “Маркізскія астравы”
- Bengali: “মার্কেসাস দ্বীপপুঞ্জ”
- Bosnian: “Markisko otočje”
- Breton: “Inizi Markiz”
- Bulgarian: “Маркизки острови”
- Catalan: “illes Marqueses”
- Catalan: “Illes Marqueses”
- Cebuano: “Marquesas Islands”
- Chinese: “馬克薩斯群島”
- Chinese: “马克萨斯群岛”
- Chuvash: “Маркиз утравĕсем”
- Corsican: “Isuli Marchesi”
- Croatian: “Markižansko otočje”
- Czech: “Markézy”
- Danish: “Marquesasøerne”
- Dutch: “Marquesaseilanden”
- Esperanto: “Markizinsuloj”
- Estonian: “Markiisaared”
- Faroese: “Marquesasoyggjar”
- Finnish: “Marquesassaaret”
- French: “îles Marquises”
- French: “Îles Marquises”
- French: “Subdivision Administrative des Îles Marquises”
- Galician: “Illas Marquesas”
- Georgian: “მარკიზის კუნძულები”
- German: “Marquesas-Inseln”
- German: “Marquesas”
- Greek: “Νήσοι Μαρκέζας”
- Gujarati: “માર્ક્વેસાસ આઇલેન્ડ્સ”
- Hausa: “Marquesas Islands”
- Hawaiian: “Nuʻuhiwa”
- Hebrew: “איי מרקיז”
- Hindi: “मार्केसस द्वीपसमूह”
- Hungarian: “Marquises-szigetek”
- Indonesian: “Kepulauan Marquesas”
- Irish: “na hOileáin Mharcasacha”
- Irish: “Na hOileáin Mharcasacha”
- Italian: “Isole Marchesi”
- Japanese: “マルキーズ諸島”
- Japanese: “マルケサス諸島”
- Javanese: “Kapuloan Marquesas”
- Kannada: “ಮಾರ್ಕ್ವಸಾಸ್ ದ್ವೀಪಗಳು”
- Kazakh: “Маркиз аралдары”
- Kirghiz: “Маркиз аралдары”
- Korean: “마르키즈 제도”
- Latin: “Insulae Marchionis”
- Latvian: “Marķīza salas”
- Lithuanian: “Markizo salos”
- Lithuanian: “Markizų salos”
- Macedonian: “Маркиски Острови”
- Malagasy: “Vondronosy Marquises”
- Malay: “Kepulauan Marquesas”
- Maltese: “Gżejjer Marquesas”
- Maori: “Kāhui o ‘Enata”
- Marathi: “मार्क्वेसास आईसलँड”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Marquises Kûn-tó”
- Mongolian: “Маркизын арлууд”
- Northern Frisian: “Marquesas-Eilunen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Marquesasøyene”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Marquesasøyane”
- Norwegian: “Marquesasøyene”
- Occitan (post 1500): “illas Marquesas”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Illas Marquesas”
- Oromo: “Marquesas Islands”
- Panjabi: “ਮਾਰਕੇਸਾਸ ਟਾਪੂ”
- Persian: “جزایر مارکز”
- Persian: “جزایر مارکیز”
- Polish: “Markizy”
- Portuguese: “Arquipélago das Marquesas”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas Marquesas”
- Pushto: “مارکسز جزیرې”
- Romanian: “Insulele Marchize”
- Russian: “Маркизские острова”
- Samoan: “Marquesas”
- Sardinian: “Ìsulas Marchesas”
- Scots: “Marquesas Islands”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Na Marquesas”
- Serbian: “Ostrva Markiz”
- Serbian: “Маркиска Острва”
- Serbian: “Острва Маркиз”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Markiska ostrva”
- Sinhala: “මක්වෙසාස් දුපත්”
- Slovak: “Markézy”
- Slovenian: “Markizovo otočje”
- Somali: “Marquesas Islands”
- Spanish: “islas Marquesas”
- Spanish: “Islas Marquesas”
- Swahili: “Kisiwa cha Marquesas”
- Swedish: “Marquesasöarna”
- Tahitian: “’Enana mā”
- Tajik: “Ҷазираҳои Marquesas”
- Tamil: “மார்க்கெசசுத் தீவுகள்”
- Tatar: “Маркиз аралдары”
- Tatar: “Маркиз утраулары”
- Telugu: “మార్క్వెసాస్ దీవులు”
- Thai: “หมู่เกาะมาร์เคซัส”
- Turkish: “Markiz Adaları”
- Ukrainian: “Маркізькі острови”
- Urdu: “جزائر ماکیئساس”
- Uzbek: “Markiz orollari”
- Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Marquises”
- Waray (Philippines): “Kapuropod-an Marquises”
- Welsh: “Ynysoedd Marquesas”
- Western Frisian: “Markesaseilannen”
- Western Frisian: “Markwesaseilannen”
- Western Mari: “Маркиз ошмаотывлӓ”
- Wu Chinese: “马克萨斯群岛”
- Yue Chinese: “侯爵夫人群島”
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