Mehetia

Mehetia or Meetia is a volcanic island in the Windward Islands, in the east of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. It is a very young active stratovolcano east of the Taiarapu Peninsula of Tahiti. It belongs to the Teahitia-Mehetia hotspot.

Key facts

Islands.name: Mehetia
Islands.image_name: Mehetia-osnaburg.jpg
Islands.image_caption: Coastal view of Osnaburg Island, now Mehetia
Islands.image_size: 250px
Islands.map_image: Karta FP Societe isl.PNG
Islands.native_name: Mehetia
Islands.native_name_link: Tahitian language
Islands.location: Pacific Ocean
Islands.archipelago: Society Islands
Islands.total_islands: 1
Islands.major_islands: Mehetia
Islands.area_km2: 2.3
Islands.highest_mount: Mont Fareura
Islands.elevation_m: 435
Islands.country: France
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title: Overseas collectivity
Islands.country_admin_divisions: French Polynesia
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1: Administrative subdivision

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Wikidata facts

Population: 0
Area: 2.3
Elevation: 435
Image: Mehetia NASA 2000.jpg
Width: 1.7
Length: 1.7

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Commons category: Mehetia
topographic prominence: 435
time of discovery or invention: 1606-02-09

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The island has an area of and its highest point is 435 metres (1,427 ft). The peak is a well-defined volcanic crater. In 1981 the island was the centre of earthquakes.