Nuku Hiva
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Area
330 km²
Coordinates
-8.8667, -140.1000
Category
islands
Overview
The largest of the remote Marquesas Islands, jagged peaks rising straight from the sea.
About
Nuku Hiva is the largest of the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas country of France in the Pacific Ocean. It was formerly also known as Île Marchand and Madison Island.
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