Marquesas Islands

The Marquesas Islands (French: Îles Marquises or Archipel des Marquises or Marquises; Marquesan: Te Henua (K)enana (North Marquesan) and Te Fenua `Enata (South Marquesan), both meaning "The Land of Men") are a group of volcanic islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southern Pacific Ocean. The Marquesas are located at 9° 00S, 139° 30W. The highest point is the peak of Mount Oave (French: Mont Oave) on Ua Pu island ... More

Area:

  • 1,049 km² (405 mi² )

Time zone(s):

Population:

  • 8,632 (Aug 2007)

Country:

Contained by:

top ↑ top ↑

We can also tell you Marquesas Islands is a…

If you know more about Marquesas Islands, you can add more facts here »

Similar topics in Freebase

  • Axial Seamount

    Axial Seamount

    Axial Seamount (also Coaxial Seamount or Axial Volcano) is a seamount and submarine volcano located on the Juan de Fuca Ridge, approximately 480 km (300 mi) west of Cannon Beach, Oregon. Standing 1,100 m (3,600 ft) high, Axial Seamount is the youngest volcano and current eruptive center of the Cobb...
  • Puu Kukui

    Puu Kukui

    Puʻu Kukui is a mountain peak in Hawaiʻi. It is the highest peak of Mauna Kahalawai (the West Maui Mountains). The 1,764-metre (5,787 ft) summit rises above the Puʻu Kukui Watershed Management Area, an 8,661-acre (35.05 km) private nature preserve maintained by the Maui Land & Pineapple Company....
  • Tweed Volcano

    Tweed Volcano was an Early Miocene shield volcano in northeastern New South Wales, Australia. In the course of about three million years, Tweed Volcano was formed over the East Australia hotspot when this part of the continent passed over it around 23 million years ago. Mount Warning, Lamington...
  • Māhukona

    Māhukona is a submerged shield volcano on the northwestern flank of the Island of Hawaiʻi. A drowned coral reef at about 3,770 feet (-1,150 m) below sea level and a major break in slope at about 4,400 feet (-1,340 m) below sea level represent old shorelines. The summit of the shield volcano was...
  • Helmet Peak

    Helmet Peak is a monogenetic cinder cone of the Milbanke Sound Group in British Columbia, Canada. The basaltic tuff breccias on Lake Island and Lady Douglas Island originated from Helmet Peak on Lady Island.
  • Far Mountain

    Far Mountain is the highest of the 13 peaks of the Ilgachuz Range in the Anahim Volcanic Belt in British Columbia, Canada. The Ilgachuz Range is one of the three major shield volcanoes that formed the Anahim Volcanic Belt when the North American Plate moved over a hotspot (the Anahim hotspot). This...

These people have edited this topic:

Edit this topic
Edit and Show details

Add or delete facts, download data in JSON or RDF formats, and explore topic metadata.

Freebase Logo
What is Freebase?

Freebase is a huge collection of facts, built by people like you. Freebase connects facts in ways other sites can't, giving you new ways to explore millions of subjects.
You can help improve it!