Gambier Islands topographic map
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Name: Gambier Islands topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Average elevation: 2 m
Minimum elevation: 0 m
Maximum elevation: 382 m
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Akamaru
Akamaru is the third largest island in the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia. It is a small, rocky island with an area of approximately 2.6 km2 (1.0 sq mi). The island is located approximately 7 km (4.3 mi) southeast of Mangareva, which is the largest island of the whole Gambier Islands archipelago.…
Average elevation: 15 m
Tahuata
France > French Polynesia > Marquesas Islands > Tahuata
The land area of Tahuata is 61.0 km2 (23.6 sq mi). The highest point on the island is Mount Amatea (French: Mont Amatea), rising to an elevation of 1,050 m (3,445 ft.). The island is very mountainous, with deep valleys and cliffs. The orography does not allow the construction of an airstrip and communications…
Average elevation: 80 m
Moho Tani
France > French Polynesia > Marquesas Islands > Hiva Oa
It is a high island, with its highest elevation (520 meters) in the south, and its overall shape resembles the back of a whale.
Average elevation: 41 m
Fatu Huku
France > French Polynesia > Marquesas Islands > Hiva Oa
The island is essentially a huge rock, looming steep-sided out of the ocean and rising to a flattened plateau with a maximum elevation of 361 metres (1,184 ft). Fatu Huku is the youngest of the volcanic Marquesas Islands, estimated to be only 1.3 million years old which accounts, in part, for its ruggedness as…
Average elevation: 8 m
Tubuai
Hours of sunlight is about average for the Australs and is around 1970 hours per year, one of the lowest levels in Polynesia. The humidity is lower in contrast to Tahiti in the order of a few percent, mainly due to its higher latitude and its lower altitude (thus retaining fewer clouds).
Average elevation: 30 m
Austral Islands
At lower elevations, outside of cultivated areas, there are thickets of Hibiscus tiliaceus. Guava (Psidium guajava), probably introduced by Europeans, has also spread widely and forms extensive tangled stands up to middle elevations. However, large areas have been damaged by previous slash-and-burn and goat…
Average elevation: 0 m
Hiva Oa
France > French Polynesia > Marquesas Islands
Hiva Oa is the largest and most fertile of the southern Marquesas islands and second only to Nuku Hiva in size. Similar to all the larger Marquesas, Hiva Oa features steep cliffs abruptly rising from the ocean to a rugged interior spine of volcanic mountains, ridges, and deep, isolated valleys. Unlike most…
Average elevation: 79 m
Nuku Hiva
France > French Polynesia > Marquesas Islands
On the western edge of To'ovi'i rises Tekao, the island's highest peak, which reaches an elevation of 1,224 metres (4,016 ft). The western and northern edges of To'ovi'i are a mountain ridge, which catches much of the rain that waters the island.
Average elevation: 187 m
Tikei
France > French Polynesia > Takaroa
Tikei, also known as Manu, Tikai and Tiku is an island in the Tuamotu group in French Polynesia. Tikei is not a typical Tuamotu atoll, as its former lagoon filled in. The island is 3.9 kilometres (2.4 miles) long, 1.6 kilometres (1.0 mile) wide, and has a land area of 4 square kilometres (1.5 square miles).…
Average elevation: 0 m
Fatu Hiva
France > French Polynesia > Marquesas Islands > Fatu Hiva
The mountain rainforest still harbours some endemic plants, such as Ochrosia fatuhivensis and Melicope fatuhivensis (syn. Pelea fatuhivensis), a tree of the Rutaceae family which may already be extinct. Pterophylla tremuloides is an endemic shrub which grows in low ridge top and cliff shrubland with…
Average elevation: 129 m
