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Moorea

Cook's Bay
Geography
Location Pacific Ocean
Coordinates 17°32′S 149°50′W / -17.533, -149.833Coordinates: 17°32′S 149°50′W / -17.533, -149.833
Archipelago Society Islands
Area 134 km²
Highest point Mont Tohivea (1207 m)
Country
France
Overseas collectivity French Polynesia
Administrative subdivision Windward Islands
Commune Moorea-Maiao
Largest city Paopao-Maharepa
(4,244 inhabitants)
Demographics
Population 16,191[1] (as of Aug. 2007 census)
Density 121 people/km2
The Sofitel Ia Ora resort on Moorea
Bungalows of Hotel Hibiscus, Hauru Point, Moorea

Moorea is a high island in French Polynesia, part of the Society Islands, 17 km (roughly 9mi) northwest of Tahiti. Its position is 17°32′S 149°50′W / -17.533, -149.833. Moorea means "yellow lizard" in Tahitian. An older name for the island is Aimeho, sometimes spelled Aimeo or Eimeo (among other spellings misunderstood by early visitors with no knowledge of the language). Early Western colonists and voyagers also referred to Moorea as York Island.

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[edit] Transportation

Several ferries go to the Vaiare wharf in Moorea daily from Papeete, the Tahitian capital. Moorea's Temae Airport (MOZ) has connections to the international airport in Papeete and onward to other Society Islands.

[edit] Politics

The island is administratively part of the commune (municipality) of Moorea-Maiao, itself in the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands. The main village is Afareaitu [1].

[edit] Tourism

Because of its stunning scenery and accessibility to Papeete, Moorea is visited by many western tourists who travel to French Polynesia. Especially popular as a honeymoon destination, Moorea can often be seen in advertisements in American wedding magazines.

Cook's Bay with Mount Mouaputa (left), Mount Mouaroa, aka Mt Bali Hai (center) and Mount Rotui (right) (october 2008)

[edit] Physical description

From above, the shape of the island vaguely resembles a fork, with its two nearly symmetrical bays opening to the north side of the island: Cook's (or Paopao) Bay and Oponohu Bay. The island was formed as a volcano 1.5 to 2.5 million years ago, the result of a geologic hotspot in the mantle under the oceanic plate that formed the whole of the Society Archipelago. It is theorized that the current bays were formerly river basins that filled during the Holocene searise.

[edit] History

Charles Darwin was inspired for his theory regarding the formation of coral atolls when looking down upon Moorea standing on a peak on Tahiti. He described it as a "picture in a frame," referring to the barrier reef encircling the island.

Don the Beachcomber lived here for some time until his houseboat was destroyed by tropical cyclones.

[edit] Research facilities

The University of California, Berkeley maintains the Richard B. Gump South Pacific Research Station on the west coast of Cook's Bay. The Gump station is also home to the Moorea Coral Reef Long Term Ecological Research Site (MCR LTER). The project, funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF), is a partnership between the University of California Santa Barbara and California State University, Northridge that includes additional researchers from UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, UC San Diego and the University of Hawaii. The Moorea Coral Reef LTER is part of the National Science Foundation's Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network. The LTER Program was established by the NSF in 1980 to support research on long-term ecological phenomena. The Moorea Coral Reef LTER became the 26th site in the LTER network in September 2004.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ (French) Institut Statistique de Polynésie Française (ISPF). "TABLEAU II Population des communes et communes associées de Polynésie française" (PDF). Retrieved on 2007-12-02.

[edit] External links

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