of the Marquesas Islands' administrative subdivision is the town of Taiohae, on the island of Nuku Hiva. The population of the Marquesas Islands was 9...

The Marquesas Islands were colonized by seafaring Polynesians as early as 300 AD, thought to originate from Tonga and the Samoan Islands. The dense population...

Motu Iti (sometimes also called Hatu Iti) is one of the northern Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia. Located west-northwest from Nuku Hiva, Motu Iti...

The Marquesas Islands have a diverse flora, with a high rate of endemism. They are in the floristic Polynesian subkingdom of the Oceanian realm. Most...

The flag of the Marquesas Islands is the flag chosen by the regional government to represent the islands. However, it is not formally recognized by France...

The Marquesas Keys form an uninhabited island group about 20 miles (32 km) west of Key West, four miles (6 km) in diameter, and largely covered by mangrove...

sixteen new contestants competing for 39 days on the island of Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia. Promoted as "Survivor's going back...

Marquesas Islands were the first of the island groups discovered by European explorers in the Pacific. Over the centuries, these Polynesian islands have...

"Cannibal Isles"), among the Māori people of New Zealand, and in the Marquesas Islands. Even though historians often said Maori were not cannibals, and some...

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