Notre Dame Cathedral

Notre Dame Cathedral is a 20th-century church that serves as the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Taiohae or Tefenuaenata. It is located in the Meau Valley near the capital centre on the island of Nuku Hiva.

Photo: Sémhur, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Church
Denomination: Catholic
Description: church on the island of Nuku Hiva
Also known as: “Notre Dame Cathedral, Taiohae”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Madison and Hatihe’u.

Fort Madison

Locality

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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.

Hatihe’u

Village

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Hatihe'u is a village in Nuku Hiva, in the Marquesas Islands. It lies on the bay of the same name and is also the name of an "amphitheater-shaped valley on the northeast side of the island". Hatihe’u is situated 9 km north of Notre Dame Cathedral.

Notre Dame Cathedral

Categories: cathedral, building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Nuku-Hiva, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, Polynesia, Oceania
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Latitude

-8.91025° or 8° 54′ 37″ south

Longitude

-140.10299° or 140° 6′ 11″ west

Open location code

633X3VQW+VR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1471842740

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=catholic

Wikidata ID

Q951277

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Spanish—“Notre Dame Cathedral” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Notre Dame Cathedral”
Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائيه نوتردام”
French: “cathédrale Notre-Dame de Taiohae”
French: “Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Taiohae”
Indonesian: “Katedral Taiohae”
Italian: “cattedrale di Nostra Signora delle Isole Marchesi”
Italian: “cattedrale di Nostra Signora”
Italian: “Cattedrale di Nostra Signora”
Spanish: “catedral de Nuestra Señora de Taiohae”
Spanish: “Catedral de Nuestra Señora”

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