Geography in Tahiti
Located: Tahiti, the biggest island (1042 km2), is located at 17°32 latitude South and 149°34 longitude West.
French Polynesia covers close to 5 million km sq of ocean, however the land surface (118 islands) represents only about 4200 km2.
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Polynesia is composed of 5 archipelagos.
The archipelago of Society is composed of the Windward islands (includes Tahiti) and the Leeward Islands (includes Bora Bora).
The archipelago of Tuamotu is a group of low islands or “atolls”.
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The archipelago of the Australes, at the extreme South, has high islands.
The archipelago of the Marquesas, the closest of the Equator to the North, is a group of islands with no lagoons and steep mountains.
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The archipelago of the Gambiers, at the extreme East, has some high islands and is quite remote.
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