Hakatea
Hakatea is a bay in French Polynesia.Places of Interest
Highlights include Vaipō Falls.
Vaipō Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Yves Picq, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vaipo Waterfall is a waterfall on the island of Nuku Hiva, in the Marquesas of French Polynesia. It is a horsetail-type waterfall with a single drop of height 1148 ft, making it the tallest waterfall in Polynesia outside of New Zealand and Hawaii.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Madison, Nuku Hiva.
Fort Madison, Nuku Hiva
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Fort Madison, on Nuku Hiva at Taioha'e Bay, was the first naval base of the United States in the Pacific Ocean. It was built by Commodore David Porter in October and November 1813, during the Nuku Hiva Campaign of the War of 1812, for protecting the settlement of Madisonville from British and Marquesan attacks.
Hakatea
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: French Polynesia, Polynesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-8.9432° or 8° 56′ 36″ southLongitude
-140.1631° or 140° 9′ 47″ westOpen location code
633X3R4P+PQOpenStreetMap ID
node 13510957970OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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