Moorea
Mo’orea, Moorėja, ’aimeho
17°32′S 149°50′W
Moʼorea (English: or ; Tahitian: Moʼoreʼa, [moʔore(ʔ)a]), also spelled Moorea, is a volcanic island in French Polynesia lying 17 kilometres (11 mi) northwest of Tahiti. Moʼorea and Tahiti are the largest members of the Windward Islands, a group that is part of the larger Society Islands archipelago.
Terrain
17°32′S 149°50′W
Overview
Moʼorea (English: or ; Tahitian: Moʼoreʼa, [moʔore(ʔ)a]), also spelled Moorea, is a volcanic island in French Polynesia lying 17 kilometres (11 mi) northwest of Tahiti. Moʼorea and Tahiti are the largest members of the Windward Islands, a group that is part of the larger Society Islands archipelago. Moʼoreʼa means 'yellow lizard' in Tahitian: Moʼo = lizard; Reʼa (from reʼareʼa) = yellow. An older name for the island is ʼAimeho, sometimes spelled ʼAimeo or ʼEimeo (among other spellings that early visitors used before Tahitian spelling was standardized). Early Western colonists and voyagers also referred to Moʼorea as York Island or Santo Domingo.
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Nearest islands
Also in Îles du Vent
Also in Society Islands
New Zealand
268,021 km²
Major islands
Samoa
2,842 km²
Minor islands
Rangiroa
1,446 km²▲ 12 m
Minor islands
Fakarava
1,112 km²
Minor islands
Tahiti
1,044 km²▲ 2,241 m
Minor islands
Tonga
749 km²
Minor islands
Hao
720 km²▲ 3 m
Minor islands
Apataki
706 km²
Minor islands
Photographs
cascade
La plage de Ta'ahiamanu
On y voit un catamaran sur le lagon de Té'avaro à Moorea
si belle ... > Moorea Polynésie Française
Lagon de Ta'ahiamanu, on y voit le Hilton Moorea
Lagon de Temae à Moorea avec vue sur Tahiti, a proximité du Sofitel La Ora beach Resort
Baies de Cook et de Opunohu à Moorea
Beachrock (likely of late Holocene age) in Moorea, French Polynesia.
Cette photo représente les hauteurs de Moorea, et la variété de couleurs qui s’y retrouve.p
Image of Moorea Island, French Polynesia
Morea In The Morning
Sources
Facts
Photographs
- Moorea vue par Sentinel 2 (cropped). European Space Agency / CNES / Attribution
- 20221026 152626 cascade. tbo47 / CC0
- 20221028 100745 plage. tbo47 / CC0
- Catamaran sur la plage de Té'avaro Moorea. Guellouz Mehdi / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Jadis ... (43673106955). gérard from Nouméa, (Nouvelle-Calédonie) / CC BY-SA 2.0
- Lagon de Ta'ahiamanu à Moorea. Guellouz Mehdi / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Lagon de Temae à Moorea. Guellouz Mehdi / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Moorea - Baies de Cook et de Opunohu. Fanny98716 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Moorea beachrock. Alessio Rovere / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Moorea et ses reliefs. Enzo Eymenier / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Moorea-seignobos. Laurent Seignobos / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Morea In The Morning - panoramio. Andy Mondragon / CC BY 3.0