The Windward Islands (FrenchÎles du Vent) are the eastern group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. The archipelago comprises an administrative division of French Polynesia, and includes Tahiti, Moorea, Mehetia, Tetiaroa, and Maiao. Categories: Oceania geography stubs | French Polynesia ... An archipelago is a landform which consists of a chain or cluster of islands. ... Tahiti is the largest island in French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean, at 17° 40 South, 149° 30 West. ... Categories: Stub | French Polynesia | Polynesia ... Tetiaroa, one of the Society Islands, is an atoll located 42 km north of Tahiti. ...
Tahiti and Moorea are high islands. Mehetia, Tetiaroa and Maiao are all coralatolls. High Island is the name of several places in the United States: Communities High Island, Texas Islands High Island (Michigan) High Island (New York) High Island (Connecticut) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Orders see Anthozoa zsnobordinkid505@aol. ... Atoll in the western pacific ocean For the programming language, see ATOLL programming language. ...
Although French is an important language, the majority of the population speaks Tahitian (co-official with French throughout French Polynesia). Tahitian, a Tahitic language, is the official language of French Polynesia and is spoken throughout Oceania. ...
On this first voyage (he subsequently revisited the islands twice) he named the Leeward group of islandsSociety in honour of the Royal Society, at the instigation of which the expedition had been sent; Tahiti and the adjacent islands he called Georgian, but the first name was subsequently adopted for the whole group.
In profile the islands are rugged and elevated (7349 ft. in Tahiti, Moorea 4045 ft., Raiatea 3389, Bola-Bola 2165).
A mountain, usually with very steep peaks, forms the centre, if not the whole island; on all sides steep ridges descend to the sea, or, as is oftener the case, to a considerable belt of flat land.
The WindwardIslands (French: Îles du Vent) are the eastern group of the SocietyIslands in French Polynesia.
Administratively, the WindwardIslands form the administrative subdivision of the WindwardIslands (la subdivision administrative des Îles du Vent), one of French Polynesia's five administrative subdivisions (subdivision administratives).
Geographically, the administrative subdivision of the WindwardIslands (la subdivision administrative des Îles du Vent) is identical with the electoral circumscription of the WindwardIslands (circonscription des Îles du Vent), one of French Polynesia's 6 electoral districts/circumscriptions (circonsriptions électorales) for the Assembly of French Polynesia (see also Politics of French Polynesia).
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