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Map of the Marquesas Islands
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In the islands’ legend, Ua Pou symbolizes the entrance pillars to God’s house and is the third largest of the 12 islands in The Marquesas Islands. 📸: © Grégoire Le Bacon
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Vaipo waterfall is located on the island of Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Although it appears that the horse-tail shaped waterfall does not even touch the ground it drops down a mere 350m, making it the highest waterfall of Polynesia.
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Navigate Magazine reviews all kinds of beach destination area in the world. Navigate Magazine collect all his experience in real eye verification.
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🇫🇷 - Appréciez le côté sauvage de cette île ! 🌊🌴Qui emmènerez-vous aux Marquises ? 👫 🇺🇸 - Enjoy the wild side of this island ! 🌊🌴Who would you take with you to the Marquesas Islands ? 👫 📍 Nuku Hiva - Hatiheu beach 🏖 📷 @Le Nuku Hiva by Pearl Resorts
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From Fakarava to Rangiroa, French Polynesia’s “other” islands are great fun to say, even better to visit.
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The Marquesas Islands are situated 1,500 km to the northeast of Tahiti. A land of tales and legends, called Te Henua 'Enata in the Marquesan language,
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From thrilling hikes, to epic road trips and giant tiki statues - discover the top things to do in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia, as remote as it gets.
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Anchored in the Pacific nearly 1,000 miles northeast of Tahiti, the Marquesas are one of the most remote island groups on Earth. Here's how to plan your next trip.
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FATU HIVA - HANAVAVE - Bay of Virgins - Marquesas island Dit was een heel zware overtocht met een vissersbootje. De golven waren meters hoog en wij waren net een speelbal in die grote oceaan. Dolfijntjes in groep schoten af en toe spelend over de golven. De overtocht duurde 3,50 u en in de avond dan dezelfde 'marteling' … maar eens vaste grond was alles oké … The island is totally locked in by impressive cliffs. Here we see the 'Bay of Virgins'. Its huge rocky peaks, sparkling at sunset with…
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I've always had a romantic, almost schoolgirlish yearning for the South Pacific. It's a little embarrassing, but there it is. There are basically two types of Pacific islands. The first are atolls, which consist of rings of coral surrounding a low-lying, sandy island. These are the type which used to be featured in New Yorker cartoons. (As in, if you were stuck on a desert island with one other person...) The second are the volcanic islands, like Hawaii, or Tahiti, or the Marquesas Islands…
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The Marquesas are one of the most remote island groups on Earth. Anchored in the Pacific, some 1,600 kilometers northeast of Tahiti, the very fact of the remote location of these islands is what has long captured the imagination of travelers. The idea of a typical South Seas getaway no doubt began with the novel "Typee," Herman Melville's best-selling 1846 memoir of his visit to the islands aboard an old whaler. The islands had notable moments in the 20th century for famous residents…
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Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas islands, French Polynesia
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Marquesas Islands, yacht and volcanic rock spires, elevated view
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