The Marquesas Islands
The location of the Marquesas (top right hand corner of this map), in relation to other parts of Polynesia. The islands are a nearly 4 hour flight from Papeete in Tahiti. The Marquesas Islands, we will be staying on Nuku HIva and Hiva Oa Polynesia As the Marquesas are not well-known by many people I am going to include a substantial extract from Wikipedia giving some history and information about the islands. Many thanks to Wikipedia for this information: The Marquesas Islands ( / m ɑːr ˈ k eɪ s ə s / ; French : Îles Marquises or Archipel des Marquises or Marquises ; Marquesan : Te Henua (K)enana ( North Marquesan ) and Te Fenua ʻEnata ( South Marquesan ), both meaning "the land of men") are a group of volcanic islands in French Polynesia , an overseas collectivity of France in the southern Pacific Ocean. The Marquesas are located at 9.7812° S, 139.0817° W. The highest point is the peak of Mount Oave (French: Mont Oave ) on Ua Pou isl