Raivavae
Sign in to saveRaivavae (Tahitian: Ra‘ivāvae /ra.ʔi.va:va.e/) is one of the Austral Islands in French Polynesia. Its total land area including offshore islets is . At the 2022 census, it had a population of 900. The island is of volcanic origin, and rises to elevation at Mont Hiro.
Key facts
- French commune.name
- Raivavae
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Raivavae.jpg
- French commune.caption
- NASA astronaut photo of Raivavae island, 2001
- French commune.map
- Austral isl Raivavae.PNG
- French commune.image flag
- Flag of Raivavae.svg
- French commune.administrative subdivision
- Austral Islands
- French commune.utc offset
- −10:00
- French commune.INSEE
- 98739
- French commune.postal code
- 98750
- French commune.elevation min m
- 0
- French commune.elevation max m
- 437
- French commune.area km2
- 17.9
- French commune.population
- 900
- French commune.population date
- 2022
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Raivavae (Tahitian: Ra‘ivāvae /ra.ʔi.va:va.e/) is one of the Austral Islands in French Polynesia. Its total land area including offshore islets is . At the 2022 census, it had a population of 900. The island is of volcanic origin, and rises to elevation at Mont Hiro.
==History== The first sighting by Europeans was recorded by the Spanish naval officer Tomás Gayangos on board of the frigate El Aguila on 5 February 1775. Gayangos had taken over the command of the expedition of Domingo de Bonechea of 1774 after his death in Tahiti and was returning to the Viceroyalty of Peru. The main source describing this sighting is that of José Andía y Varela, pilot of the packet boat Jupiter that accompanied El Aguila in this return trip. On 6 February, a boat was sent in, and made contact with the inhabitants at the shore edge, but landing was not made. Raivavae was charted as Santa Rosa by the Spaniards, who recorded as Oraibaba the name of the island said by the inhabitants.