Eiao
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Eiao is the largest of the extreme northwestern Marquesas Islands. The island is uninhabited, but is administratively part of the commune (municipality) of Nuku-Hiva, itself in the administrative subdivision of the Marquesas Islands.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Eiao
- Islands.image_name
- Eiao.jpg
- Islands.image_size
- 250px
- Islands.image_caption
- Vaituha bay on Eiao
- Islands.map_image
- Eiao.map.svg
- Islands.location
- South Pacific Ocean
- Islands.archipelago
- Marquesas Islands
- Islands.area_km2
- 43.8
- Islands.elevation_m
- 576
- Islands.country
- France
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- Overseas country
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- French Polynesia
- Islands.population
- 0
- Islands.population_as_of
- 2024
- Islands.density_km2
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 0
- Area
- 43.8
- Elevation
- 578
- Image
- Eiao Landsat 2006.jpg
- Width
- 3.5
- Length
- 13
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- Commons category
- Eiao
- name
- New York
- time of discovery or invention
- 1791-00-00
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- Geography
- History
- Pre-European
- Post-European Contact
- Climate
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- References
Eiao is the largest of the extreme northwestern Marquesas Islands. The island is uninhabited, but is administratively part of the commune (municipality) of Nuku-Hiva, itself in the administrative subdivision of the Marquesas Islands.
As of 2022, the only settlement on the Island is a small shelter on the north coast of Vaithua bay with a water tap. There is some small manmade structures in the north of the island, most likely for archeological purposes. There is a small shrine of Mother Mary somewhere along a trail to the plateau at the top of the island.
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