Nuku Hiva
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Nuku Hiva is the largest of the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas country of France in the Pacific Ocean. It was formerly also known as Île Marchand and Madison Island.
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Marquesas Islands in Nuku Hiva
A lithograph from 1846 titled "Cases de naturels à Nouka-Hiva".
The American fleet at Nuka Hiva in 1813.
A warrior of Nuku Hiva with a spear and a hand fan by Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau, 1813.
Marquesas Islands
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The Marquesas Islands are a group of volcanic islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southern Pacific Ocean. Their highest point is the peak of Mount Oave on Ua Pou island, at 1,230 m (4,035 ft) above sea level.
Hiva Oa
Hakaui waterfall, on Nuku Hiva island.
Basaltic rock formation in Hatiheu, Nuku Hiva island.
Breadfruit tree on Fatu-Hiva.