Ua Huka
Ua Huka is one of the Marquesas Islands, in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. It is situated in the northern group of the archipelago, approximately 40 km to the east of Nuku Hiva, at.Photo: Sémhur, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: CaptainHaddock, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in French Polynesia
- Also known as: “Hua-ka”, “Huahuka”, “Huahuna”, “Ouahouka”, “Roahuga”, “Ua Huka Island”, “Uahuga”, and “Uauka”
- Historically known as: “Honahouna”, “Massachusett Island”, “Wa Huka Island”, and “Washington Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Arboretum de Papuakeikaa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hane and Vaipae’e.
Hane
Hamlet
Photo: CaptainHaddock, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hane is the largest settlement on the island of Ua Huka, in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia. Hane, a notable archaeological site, has a smaller population than the capital of Vaipae'e.
Vaipae’e
Village
Photo: Sémhur, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vaipae'e is the most populous settlement on the island of Ua Huka, in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia. It is the chief town in the commune of Ua-Huka, and is located in the southern part of the island, to the northwest of Ua Huka Airport.
Hokatu
Hamlet
Hokatu is a village on the island of Ua Huka in the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia. It is about 3 kilometres to the southwest of Hane. Motuhane Island is off the coast of Hokatu.
Ua Huka
- Category: landform
- Location: Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, Polynesia, Oceania
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Western Mari—“Ua Huka” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Ua Huka”
- Cebuano: “Ua Huka”
- Chinese: “瓦胡卡岛”
- Chinese: “瓦胡卡島”
- Dutch: “Ua Huka”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ا هوكا”
- Esperanto: “Ua Huka”
- Finnish: “Ua Huka”
- French: “Île Ua Huka”
- French: “Ua Huka”
- Galician: “Ua Huka”
- German: “Ua Huka”
- Hebrew: “אוא הוקה”
- Italian: “Ua Huka”
- Japanese: “ウア・フカ島”
- Japanese: “ウアフカ島”
- Latvian: “Uahuka”
- Lithuanian: “Ua Huka”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ua Huka”
- Norwegian: “Ua Huka”
- Persian: “اوئا هوکا”
- Polish: “Ua Huka”
- Russian: “остров Вашингтон”
- Russian: “остров Массачусетс”
- Russian: “остров Солид”
- Russian: “Уа-Хука (остров)”
- Russian: “Уа-Хука”
- Spanish: “Ua Huka”
- Swahili: “Ua Huka”
- Swedish: “Ua Huka”
- Tahitian: “Ua Huka”
- Urdu: “اوا ہوکا”
- Western Mari: “Уа-Хука”
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