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Tahiti is the highest and largest island in French Polynesia lying close to Moʻorea island. It is located 4,400 kilometres (2,376 nautical miles) south of Hawaiʻi, 7,900 km (4,266 nmi) from Chile, 5,700 km (3,078 nmi) from Australia. [ 3 ][ 4 ] The island is 45 km (28 mi) across at its widest point and covers an area of 1,045 km 2 (403 sq mi).
Polynesian Triangle. The Polynesian Triangle is a geographical region of the Pacific Ocean with Hawaii ( Hawaiʻi) (1), New Zealand ( Aotearoa) (2) and Easter Island ( Rapa Nui) (3) at its corners, but excluding Fiji on its western side. At the center is Tahiti (5), with Samoa (4) to the west. The Polynesian Triangle is a region of the Pacific ...
Polynesia[ a] ( UK: / ˌpɒlɪˈniːziə / POL-in-EE-zee-ə, US: /- ˈniːʒə / -EE-zhə) is a subregion of Oceania, made up of more than 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. The indigenous people who inhabit the islands of Polynesia are called Polynesians.
Hawaii ( / həˈwaɪ.i / ⓘ hə-WY-ee; [ 9] Hawaiian: Hawaiʻi [həˈvɐjʔi, həˈwɐjʔi]) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) southwest of the U.S. mainland. It is the only state not on the North American mainland, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only state in the tropics .
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:
Ninito returned to Tahiti with her husband, who served as Hawaiian consul to Tahiti for a number of years. [22] [23] On November 24, 1853, Tahiti and Hawaiʻi signed a postal treaty that set postage rates in both kingdoms at 5¢ per 0.5 oz (14 grams). This was the only formal diplomatic treaty between the two countries. [24] [25] [26] [27]
The Society Islands ( French: Îles de la Société, [ 2][ 3] officially Archipel de la Société; [ 4][ 5] Tahitian: Tōtaiete mā) [ 6] are an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean that includes the major islands of Tahiti, Moʻorea, Raiatea, Bora Bora and Huahine. Politically, they are part of French Polynesia, an overseas country of the ...
Map of French Polynesia. French Polynesia is located in Oceania. It is a group of six archipelagos in the South Pacific Ocean, about halfway between South America and Australia. Its area is about 4,167 km 2 (around 130 islands), [ 1] of which 3,827 km 2 is land and 340 km 2 is (inland) water. It has a coastline of 2,525 km but no land borders ...