View of Atuona from Baie Tahauku
Photo Credit: Terry & Heidi Kotas

Atuona, located on Hiva `Oa is the administrative center for the southern Marquesas Islands. It is located on Atuona Bay on the southern coast of the island. Image File history File links Cetus_Atuona_Anchorage. ... Image File history File links Cetus_Atuona_Anchorage. ... Hiva `Oa is the second largest island in the Marquesas Islands, and the largest island of the southern group. ... National motto: Mau‘u‘u ha‘e iti Official languages French, Tahitian Political status Dependent territory, administrative division of French Polynesia Capital Tai o Hae Largest City Tai o Hae Area 1,274 km² ( 492 sq. ... Boats at anchor in Atuona Bay Photo Credit: Terry & Heidi Kotas Atuona Bay (French Baie dAtuona is a small inlet on the north shore of Ta‘a ‘Oa (the Bay of Traitors), on the southern coast of Hiva ‘Oa. ...

Until it was replaced by Tai o Ha'e, Atuona was the capital of all the Marquesas Islands. Located at the head of a wide bay of the same name, on the south side of Nuku Hiva, Tai o Hae is the principal town of Nuku Hiva, as well as the capital of the Marquesas Islands. ...

The peak Temetiu, rising to 1,190 m (3,903 ft.) above sea level, towers above the town. Jump to: navigation, search View of Temetiu from Atuona. ... For considerations of sea level change, in particular rise associated with possible global warming, see sea level rise. ...

Atuona was the final home of Paul Gauguin, who is buried in Calvary Cemetery, which overlooks the town. The Belgian singer Jacques Brel is also buried there. In 2003, construction on the Paul Gauguin Cultural Center was completed in Atuona. Jump to: navigation, search Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (June 8, 1848 - May 9, 1903) was a leading Post-Impressionist painter. ... Calvary Cemetery in Atuona Photo credit: Terry & Heidi Kotas Calvary Cemetery (French: Cimetière Calvaire) is the main cemetery in Atuona, Hiva ‘Oa. ... LeAnn Rimes singing in concert For other senses of this word, see singer (disambiguation). ... Jacques Brel (April 8, 1929 – October 9, 1978) was a Belgian French-speaking author-composer, considered by many a poet as well, for the strong power of expression in his lyrics. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Paul Gauguin Cultural Center (French: Le Centre Culturel Paul Gauguin) was finished in 2003, to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the death of Paul Gauguin, in Atuona, on Hiva ‘Oa, in the Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia). ...

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