Taiohae Nuku Hiva French Polynesia
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Nukahiva Island is the largest of the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia (overseas territories of France in the Pacific). The Nuku Hiva (formerly called "Ile Marchand" and "Madison Island") has about 3,000 inhabitants and a surface area of 339 square kilometres (131 ml2). Administrationally, Nuku Hiva is part of the Nuku-Hiva community, which itself lies in the Marquesas Islands administration area.
Taioha'e, a village on the southern side of Nuku Hiva, at the tip of a cove of the same name, is the administration center of the municipality of Nuku-Hiva and also the administration unit of the Marquesas Islands. Nuku Hiva's main part is a high plain called To'ovi'i, which is surrounded by a high grassy plain.
Toovii' southern and southern borders are a hilltop that receives much of the water that irrigates the Nuku Hiva isle. Type e", a Herman Melville novel, is inspired by his experience in the Taipivai River basin in the east of Nuku Hiva. Robert Louis Stevenson's first land case on his journey to Casco was in 1888 in Hatiheu, on the cardinal side of the isle.
Nuku Hiva Island was used in 2001 as the shooting site for the fourth edition of the'Survivor', which was broadcast in the USA in 2002. Nuku Hiva: New Live in the Wild" with a nomad pair on a ship that anchored off the island of Nuku Hiva at the moment of his stay.
Jules Verne in his sci-fi novel'Paris in the 20th century' described the island of Nuku Hiva as one of the most important markets in the 1960s. The Nuku Hiva Island is one of the 14-day Papeete round trip harbours of the renowned freight cruiser Aranui 5 (to be started in 2015).
Cruisers to the Nuku Hiva Island dock ( "anchor") in Taiohae - seaport on the south coastline. Canal Nuku Hiva Island Calendar shows the itinerary of all arrivals and departures per moth. Harbor schedules list all vessels (in links) with ferries to or from Nuku Hiva Island, Marquesas, French Polynesia.
Nuku Hiva Island marina chart is fully interactivity. This shows the precise whereabouts of the harbour and the real-time cruising in its surroundings (if available) - today and now. You can zoom to see other marinas near Nuku Hiva Island, Marquesas, French Polynesia. In case you loose the Nuku Hiva Island position on the chart, just refresh the page (also with the F5 key).