Rikitea is a small town on Mangareva, an island in the Gambier Islands in French Polynesia. A majority of the islanders live in Rikitea. The island was a protectorate of France in 1871 and was annexed
View of Rikitea
Rikitea in the foreground and Mont Duff in the background
The Gambier Islands are an archipelago in French Polynesia, located at the southeast terminus of the Tuamotu archipelago. They cover an area of 27.8 km2 or 10.7 sq mi, and are made up of the Mangareva
Rikitea
…Rikitea is a small town on Mangareva, an island in the Gambier Islands in French Polynesia. A majority of the islanders live in Rikitea. The island was a protectorate of France in 1871 and was annexed in 1881. The town's…
St. Peter's Catholic Chapel, Rikitea, where King Joseph Gregory and his father Maputeoa are buried.