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Marquesas Islands topographic maps
Click on a map to view its topography, its elevation and its terrain.
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
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
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