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With an elevation of 2,241 metres (7,352 ft) [2] above sea level, it is the highest point of French Polynesia. Mont Orohena is an extinct volcano and ranks 7th in the world for topographic isolation .
The total land area of French Polynesia is 3,521 square kilometres (1,359 sq mi), [2] with a population of 278,786 (Aug. 2022 census) [3] of which at least 205,000 live in the Society Islands and the remaining population lives in the rest of the archipelago. French Polynesia is divided into five groups of islands:
Mangareva is the central and largest island of the Gambier Islands in French Polynesia.It is surrounded by smaller islands: Taravai in the southwest, Aukena and Akamaru in the southeast, and islands in the north.
Pearl farming is done in more than 30 atolls of French Polynesia and is the main activity for numerous families in the Tuamotu archipelago. In Rangiroa, a few farms exploited about 1,000 acres (4.0 km 2 ) of water surface in the lagoon loaned by the Tahitian government.
Tetiʻaroa (French: Tetiaroa) is an atoll in the Windward group of the Society Islands of French Polynesia, an overseas territorial collectivity of France in the Pacific Ocean. Once the vacation spot for Tahitian royalty, the islets are under a 99-year lease contracted by Marlon Brando, and are home to The Brando Resort.
Moruroa (Mururoa, Mururura), also historically known as Aopuni, [2] is an atoll which forms part of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia in the southern Pacific Ocean.It is located about 1,250 kilometres (780 mi) southeast of Tahiti.