Marquesas Islands

27 January 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  6 minutes

Nuku Hiva © Moerani Manate/cc-by-sa-4.0

Nuku Hiva © Moerani Manate/cc-by-sa-4.0

The Marquesas Islands (French: Îles Marquises or Archipel des Marquises or Marquises; Marquesan: Te Henua ʻEnana (North Marquesan) and Te Fenua ʻEnata (South Marquesan), both meaning “the land of men”) are a group of volcanic islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southern Pacific Ocean. Their highest point is the peak of Mount Oave (French: Mont Oave) on Ua Pou island, at 1,230 m (4,035 ft) above sea level.   read more…

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