Marquesas Islands

The Marquesas Islands are an archipelago of about a dozen islands in , most with steep mountains.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Hiva Oa and Ua Huka.

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is the second largest island in the Marquesas Islands, in , an overseas territory of in the Pacific Ocean.

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is one of the Marquesas Islands, in , an overseas territory of in the Pacific Ocean. It is situated in the northern group of the archipelago, approximately 40 km to the east of , at.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Atuona Airport.

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

Marquesas Islands

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
Geo­Names ID
4019991
Wiki­data ID
Q172697
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Satellite Map

Discover Marquesas Islands from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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 الماركيز”
  • Arabic: “جزر ماركيساس”
  • Armenian: “Մարկիզյան կղզիներ”
  • Asturian: “Isles Marqueses”
  • Asturian: “Islles Marqueses”
  • Asturian: “Marqueses”
  • Azerbaijani: “Markez adaları”
  • Basque: “Markesa uharteak”
  • Basque: “Markesa Uharteak”
  • Basque: “Markesak”
  • Bavarian: “Marquesas-Insln”
  • Bavarian: “Marquesasinsln”
  • Belarusian: “Маркізскія астравы”
  • Bengali: “মার্কেসাস দ্বীপপুঞ্জ”
  • Bosnian: “Markisko otočje”
  • Breton: “Inizi Markiz”
  • Bulgarian: “Маркизки острови”
  • Catalan: “illes Marqueses”
  • Catalan: “Illes Marqueses”
  • Catalan: “Marqueses”
  • Cebuano: “Marquesas Islands”
  • Chinese: “Marquises Kûn-tó”
  • Chinese: “侯爵夫人群岛”
  • Chinese: “侯爵夫人群島”
  • Chinese: “瑪盔撒群島”
  • Chinese: “馬克薩斯群島”
  • Chinese: “马克萨斯群岛”
  • Chuvash: “Маркиз утравĕсем”
  • Corsican: “Isuli Marchesi”
  • Croatian: “Îles Marquises”
  • Croatian: “Markižansko otočje”
  • Croatian: “Marquesas”
  • Croatian: “Marquises”
  • Czech: “Markézy”
  • Danish: “Marquesas Øerne”
  • Danish: “Marquesasøerne”
  • Dutch: “Markiezen-eilanden”
  • Dutch: “Markiezenarchipel”
  • Dutch: “Markiezeneilanden”
  • Dutch: “Marquesas Eilanden”
  • Dutch: “Marquesas-eilanden”
  • Dutch: “Marquesaseilanden”
  • Dutch: “Marquisen Eilanden”
  • Dutch: “Marquisen”
  • Dutch: “Marquiseseilanden”
  • Esperanto: “Markiza Insularo”
  • Esperanto: “Markizinsuloj”
  • Esperanto: “Markizoj”
  • Estonian: “Markiisaared”
  • Faroese: “Marquesas-oyggjar”
  • Faroese: “Marquesasoyggjar”
  • Finnish: “Marquesas-saaret”
  • Finnish: “Marquesassaaret”
  • French: “archipel des Marquises”
  • French: “iles Marquises”
  • French: “îles Marquises”
  • French: “Îles Marquises”
  • French: “Marquises”
  • French: “Subdivision Administrative des Îles Marquises”
  • French: “Te Fenua Enata”
  • French: “Te Henua Ènata”
  • French: “Tefenuaenata”
  • French: “Tefenuanata”
  • French: “Tehenuaenata”
  • Galician: “Illas Marquesas”
  • Georgian: “მარკიზის კუნძულები”
  • German: “Atuona”
  • German: “Marquesas-Inseln”
  • German: “Marquesas”
  • German: “Marquesasinseln”
  • Greek: “Αρχιπέλαγος Μαρκέζας”
  • Greek: “Μαρκησίας Νήσοι”
  • Greek: “Νήσοι Μαρκέζας”
  • Gujarati: “માર્ક્વેસાસ આઇલેન્ડ્સ”
  • Hausa: “Marquesas Islands”
  • Hawaiian: “‘Āina ‘Enata”
  • Hawaiian: “‘Āina ’Enata”
  • Hawaiian: “Nuʻuhiwa”
  • Hebrew: “איי המרקיז”
  • Hebrew: “איי מרקיז”
  • Hindi: “मार्क्वेसस द्वीपसमूह”
  • Hungarian: “Marquises-szigetek”
  • Indonesian: “Kepulauan Marquesas”
  • Irish: “na hOileáin Mharcasacha”
  • Irish: “Na hOileáin Mharcasacha”
  • Irish: “Oileáin Mharcasacha”
  • Italian: “Isole Marchesi”
  • Italian: “Marchesi”
  • Japanese: “マーケサス諸島”
  • Japanese: “マルキーズ諸島”
  • Japanese: “マルケサス”
  • 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: “’Enana”
  • Maori: “Kāhui o ‘Enata”
  • Maori: “Marquesas Islands”
  • Maori: “Marquesas”
  • Maori: “Moutere Marquesas”
  • Marathi: “मार्क्वेसास आईसलँड”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Marquises Kûn-tó”
  • Mongolian: “Маркизын арлууд”
  • Northern Frisian: “Marquesas-Eilunen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Marquesas-øyene”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Marquesas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Marquesasøyene”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Marquesasøyane”
  • Norwegian: “Marquesasøyene”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “illas Marquesas”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Illas Marquesas”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Marquesas”
  • Oromo: “Marquesas Islands”
  • Panjabi: “ਮਾਰਕੇਸਾਸ ਟਾਪੂ”
  • Persian: “جزایر مارکز”
  • Persian: “جزایر مارکیز”
  • Polish: “Markizy”
  • Portuguese: “Arquipélago das Marquesas”
  • Portuguese: “Arquipélagos das Marquesas”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhas marquesas”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhas Marquesas”
  • Portuguese: “Marquesas”
  • Pushto: “مارکسز جزیرې”
  • Romanian: “Insulele Marchize”
  • Russian: “Маркизовы острова”
  • 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: “Markizini otoki”
  • Slovenian: “Markizovo otočje”
  • Somali: “Marquesas Islands”
  • Spanish: “Iles Marquises”
  • Spanish: “Îles Marquises”
  • Spanish: “islas Marquesas”
  • Spanish: “Islas Marquesas”
  • Swahili: “Kisiwa cha Marquesas”
  • Swedish: “Archipel des Marquises”
  • Swedish: “Iles Marquises”
  • Swedish: “Îles Marquises”
  • Swedish: “Marquesasöarna”
  • Swedish: “Marquiseöarna”
  • Swedish: “Marquisesöarna”
  • Tahitian: “’Enana mā”
  • Tajik: “Ҷазираҳои Marquesas”
  • Tamil: “மரியூசஸ் இஸ்லாண்ட்ஸ்”
  • Tamil: “மார்க்கெசசுத் தீவுகள்”
  • Tatar: “Маркиз аралдары”
  • Tatar: “Маркиз утраулары”
  • Telugu: “మార్క్వెసాస్ దీవులు”
  • Thai: “Marquesas Islands”
  • Thai: “หมู่เกาะมาร์เคซัส”
  • Turkish: “Markiz Adaları”
  • Ukrainian: “Маркізькі острови”
  • Urdu: “جزائر ماکیئساس”
  • Uzbek: “Markiz orollari”
  • Uzbek: “Markiz Orollari”
  • Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Marquises”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kapuropod-an Marquises”
  • Welsh: “Ynysoedd Marquesas”
  • Western Frisian: “Markesaseilannen”
  • Western Frisian: “Markwesas-eilannen”
  • 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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