List of volcanoes in French Polynesia
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This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes.
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
Bora Bora Bora Bora The commune of Bora-Bora is made up of the island of Bora Bora proper with its surrounding islets emerging from the coral reef, 29.3 km² in total, and of the atoll of Tupai , located north of Bora Bora... |
727 | 2385 | 16°26′40"S 151°45′5"W | extinct |
MacDonald | -50 | -164 | 28.98°S 140.25°W | active |
Mangareva Mangareva Mangareva is the central and most important 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... |
441 | 1446 | 23°06′34"S 134°57′57"W | extinct |
Mehetia Mehetia Mehetia or Meetia is a volcanic island in the Windward Islands, in the east of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. This island is a very young active stratovolcano east of Taiarapu Peninsula of Tahiti. It belongs to the Teahitia-Mehetia hotspot.... |
435 | 1427 | 17.87°S 148.07°W | active |
Moorea Moorea Moʻorea is a high island in French Polynesia, part of the Society Islands, 17 km northwest of Tahiti. Its position is . Moʻorea means "yellow lizard" in Tahitian... |
- | - | extinct | |
Moua Pihaa | -180 | -590 | 18.32°S 148.67°W | active |
Nuku Hiva Nuku Hiva Nuku Hiva is the largest of the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. It was formerly also known as Île Marchand and Madison Island.... |
1224 | 4015 | ||
extinct | ||||
Raiatea Raiatea Raiatea , is the second largest of the Society Islands, after Tahiti, in French Polynesia. The island is widely regarded as the 'center' of the eastern islands in ancient Polynesia and it is likely that the organised migrations to Hawaii, Aotearoa and other parts of East Polynesia started at... |
- | - | - | extinct |
Rocard | -2100 | -6888 | 17.642°S 148.60°W | active |
Teahitia Teahitia Teahitia is a submarine volcano, located northeast of the southeast tip of Tahiti of the Society Islands in the Pacific Ocean, with its peak 1600 meters below the water surface. It belongs to the Teahitia-Mehetia hotspot.... |
-1600 | -5248 | 17.57°S 148.85°W | 1985 |
Tahiti Tahiti Tahiti is the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is the economic, cultural and political centre of French Polynesia. The island was formed from volcanic activity and is high and mountainous... |
2241 | 7350 | extinct |