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All French islands over 100 km 2 (39 sq mi), ranked by decreasing area. ...
Stavanger Municipality, Ryfylke Islands, Rogaland county Norway: Mota: Banks Islands Vanuatu: Mota Lava: Banks Islands Vanuatu: Motiti: Bay of Plenty New Zealand Motu One: Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia: Overseas Lands of France Motuihe: Hauraki Gulf New Zealand Motukaramarama: Motukawao Islands, Hauraki Gulf New Zealand ...
The island was donated to the French government with the promise that a national park, the Port-Cros National Park, would be created on the island. This was established on 14 December 1963. The island is 4 km (2 mi) wide and its most elevated point is 199 m (653 ft). It is 650 hectares (1,600 acres).
Nuku Hiva (sometimes spelled Nukahiva or Nukuhiva) is the largest of the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas country of France in the Pacific Ocean. It was formerly also known as Île Marchand and Madison Island. Herman Melville wrote his book Typee based on his experiences in the Taipivai valley in the eastern part of Nuku Hiva.
Moʻorea (English: / ˌ m oʊ. oʊ ˈ r eɪ. ɑː / or / ˈ m oʊ. oʊ r eɪ /; [4] Tahitian: Moʻoreʻa, [moʔore(ʔ)a]), also spelled Moorea, is a volcanic island in French Polynesia.It is one of the Windward Islands, a group that is part of the Society Islands, 17 kilometres (11 mi) northwest of Tahiti.
Pages in category "Islands of France" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. ... This page was last edited on 2 September 2024, ...
Marotiri is a group of four uninhabited volcanic rocks protruding from the sea (and several submerged rocks), forming the southeastern end of the Austral Islands of French Polynesia. Marotiri is also known as Bass Rocks ( Îlots de Bass in French), [ 2 ] maybe according to the name of the European explorer George Bass .
Ahe, Ahemaru or Omaru, [2] is a coral atoll in the northern Tuamotu Archipelago, 14 km to the west of Manihi, in French Polynesia. Its ring shape is broken by only a single small passage into the lagoon. It has a land area of approximately 12 km 2 and a lagoon area of 138 km 2. As of 2012, Ahe Atoll had 553 inhabitants. The only village in Ahe ...