Windward Islands
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the eastern group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia
Key facts
- Location
- Pacific Ocean
- Archipelago
- Society Islands
- Major islands
- Tahiti , Moorea , Tetiaroa
- Area
- 1,195 km (461 sq mi)
- Highest elevation
- 2,241 m (7352 ft)
- Highest point
- Mont Orohena
- Overseas collectivity
- French Polynesia
- Largest settlement
- Papeete (capital) (pop. 131,695 urban)
- Population
- 194,623 (Aug. 2007 census)
- Pop density
- 163/km (422/sq mi)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- first-level administrative division
- Part of
- Society Islands
- Has part
- Mehetia
- Named after
- windward
- Country
- France
- Located in
- French Polynesia
- Contains
- Teva I Uta
- Area
- 1195
- Elevation
- 3
- Body of water
- Pacific Ocean
- Highest point
- Mont Orohena
- Image
- Polynésie française collectivity relief location map.jpg
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- Commons category
- Windward Islands (Society Islands)
- located in/on physical feature
- Society Islands
- different from
- Windward Antilles
- native label
- Îles du Vent
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Encyclopedic overview
The Windward Islands (French: Îles du Vent [il dy vɑ̃]) are the eastern group of the Society Islands in the French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southern Pacific Ocean. These islands were also previously named the Georgian Islands in honour of King George III of the United Kingdom.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Windward Islands” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.