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YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Tahuata   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) Tahuata is the smallest of the inhabited Marquesas Islands. Archæological evidence indicates that Tahuata was inhabited by Polynesians as early as 200 CE. In later pre-European times, the tribes of Tahuata were allied with the tribes from the Nuku province of Hiva Oa, and the island was considered a dependency of that province. www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Tahuata   (231 words)

Tonga on the 'NET - Pacific Lore - E tahi mate otau: One Death for us all Tahuata is a tired island in a different time. There is a rumor that in some of the valleys of Tahuata that the spirits mingle with the living and that you can only tell a spirit from a living person because a spirit's feet don't touch the ground. Nineteen of the valleys of Tahuata used to be inhabited. www.tongatapu.net.to /lore/tahuata/tahuata001a.htm   (1241 words)

Archaeology in the Marquesas Tahuata was visited by hundreds of trading ships and whalers during the following decades. To reach "our" island (Tahuata) we fly 750 miles (aboard a new 60-seat Airbus) to Hiva Oa (largest island in the southern Marquesas) and drive by jeep to board a large sportfishing boat. This "ferry" crosses the 3 mile channel to Tahuata, bringing you to Vaitahu. www.afargo.org   (1829 words)

Presidency of French Polynesia - Tahuata   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) This high island belonging to the southern group of Marquesas Islands is located at 9°56’ south latitude and 139°06’ west longitude. Tahuata is separated from Hiva Oa by a 3-kilometer (1.9-mile) wide sound known as the Bordelais Channel. Tahuata is the only island in the Marquesas with coral formations. www.presidence.pf /index.php?865   (263 words)

Tahuata - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) Map of Tahuata (modified from a screenshot of a map from MSMaps) Tahuata is the smallest inhabited island of the Marquesas. You can find it there under the keyword Tahuata (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahuata)The list of previous authors is available here: version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tahuataandaction=history). www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Tahuata   (319 words)

Tahuata, French Polynesia And it was at Vaitahu that the French took possession of the Marquesas, establishing a garrison in 1842. Tahuataís inhabitants live a quiet life today, working peacefully in their verdant valleys, raising agricultural products; bananas or sweet potatoes, making copra and fishing in the rich waters surrounding the island. There is no airport and boat day in Tahuata is a main event, when the copra ship arrives with food and supplies. www.pacificislandtravel.com /fr_polynesia/about_destin/tahuata.html   (360 words)

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Images of French Polynesia - Marquesas Islands / Îles Marquises - 7 - Tahuata and Fatu Hiva islands - ... Tahuata island - Marquesas: Vaitahu - church - mother and child in the stained glass window Tahuata island - Marquesas: Vaitahu - boats on the beach II Tahuata island - Marquesas: Vaitahu - ancient marae www.travel-images.com /french-polynesia7.html   (214 words)

tahiti guide : tahiti wedding travel package - bora bora resort - air tahiti nui Tahuata is located only 4 km South of Hiva Oa, both islands being sepatated by a channel with violent currents. Tahuata, people still use the old-fashioned method: a whaling boat (long boat) to unload the visitors and the supplies. No airport on the island of Tahuata, but a helicopter connection is available to Hiva-Oa, a 10-minute flight. www.tahitiguide.com /@en-us/1/10/106/article.asp   (270 words)

Tahuata KT, Goddess of Tahuata, toasts Ralph, from the French Foreign Legion. Snorkeling in the neighboring bay was wonderful and we made several trips to visit all the colorful fish. We waited in Tahuata for the weather to clear before heading back into Hiva Oa to take care of the paperwork required to obtain our windlass. www.ascensionatsea.com /Marquesas/Tahuata.htm   (690 words)

Erikas wandering diary / tahuata wattah!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) The sparsely inhabited island of Tahuata lifted us up in spirit after our aggressive visitor on Fatu Hiva, whose bark was much worse than his bite. Tahuata is very close to Hiva Oa, with the only white sandy beaches in the Southern Marquesas. Horror stories of the viscous no-no flies, which were supposed to attack me as soon as I arrived on the beach, were either fictitious or applied to a different season. www.pangaea.to /earlier/pacpass/nov98/13-11.htm   (245 words)

Sail Whisper's Log: Turquoise Tahuata Time   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) Some boats were making Tahuata their first landfall before going over to check-in with the Gendarmes (police) in Atuona (on Hiva Oa). Because of our decision, we either need to be near a dive shop, or near friends that are willing to share their dive compressor. We were able to dive in Tahuata ONLY because Emerald was generous enough to share the dives with us and fill our tanks. www.sailwhisper.com /logs/news_20040505.html   (1222 words)

TRAVELOGUE - Passage to Hiva Oa, Tahuata, Nuku Hiva TRAVELOGUE - Passage to Hiva Oa, Tahuata, Nuku Hiva It was a brisk sail across the 45 miles to Atuona on Hiva Oa from Fatu Hiva. Hanamoenoa Bay is a calm anchorage with a breeze, clear water, and an inviting beach, popular with cruisers. www.svblueheron2000.com /traveloguepassagetohivaoatahuatanukuhiva.html   (1432 words)

HIVA OA, FATU HIVA, TAHUATA, MOTANE, FATU UTU. TE HENUA ENANA, ÎLES MARQUISES, MARQUESAS ISLANDS. POLYNÉSIE ... Tahuata has an area of 70,8 square kilometers. Hiva Oa, Tahuata (down left) and Motane (down right) seen from the Space Shuttle. Hiva Oa, Tahuata and Motane seen from the Space Shuttle. www.colonialvoyage.com /viaggi/pfmarquesas2.html   (477 words)

Tahuata (Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia) The island of Tahuata is located at 9º56'S and 139º06'W. It is separated from Hiva Oa by a 3-kilometer wide sound known as the Bordelais Channel. The island has an area of 61 square kilometers and is shaped like a crescent 15 kilometers long. The Polynesian chief Iotete organized a fierce resistance in 1842 when a French expedition led by Dupetit-Thouars tried to take control of Tahuata. www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/pf-mq-ta.html   (349 words)

Archipel des Marquises : île de Tahuata Separated from the island of Hiva Oa by the Bordelais canal, only a few kilometers wide, Tahuata is the smallest inhabited island of the Marquesas.The white sans beaches, touched by warm waters saw the first europeans disembark in 1595. This island is visited by very few tourists.The white sand beaches are often deserted and give Tahuata a look of paradise. The villages are peaceful and one feels far away from the problems of the outside world.The island deserves a visit lasting a few days. www.marquises.pf /tahuata/2tahuata.htm   (277 words)

marquesas islands - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com The center of government is Tai o Ha`e on Nuku Hiva, although the former capital, Atuona, on Hiva `Oa, still serves as the administrative center for the southern islands. The islands were given their name by lvaro de Mendaa de Neira who reached them in 1595, visiting first Fatu Hiva and then Tahuata before continuing on to the Solomon Islands. The American navigator Capt. Joseph Ingraham first visited the northern Marquesas in 1791, giving them the name Washington Islands. www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/Marquesas-Islands   (834 words)

[No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) Vaitahu, Tahuata--Hokule'a is anchored this morning, Friday, Aug. 6, in Vaitahu, a small bay and village on the leeward side of Tahuata, the smallest populated island in the Marquesas, with 19 sq. During the night, the canoe made a course of Hema (South) and was set 32 miles WNW of Tahuata by the ESE tradewinds and the west-flowing current. We picked up the tow from escort boat Kamahele at 6 am and were towed for 8 1/2 hours, into Vaitahu, anchoring at about 2:30 pm yesterday. pvs.kcc.hawaii.edu /rapanui/080699.html   (588 words)

Life in Hawaii - Electronic Edition - Chapter XIII The number of inhabitants upon Tahuata at the time of my visit was only 154, though it had once been several hundreds. Sailing down the smooth channel, three miles wide, which separates Hivaoa from Tahuata, we looked into all the valleys as we opened them, until we rounded the bluffs of Tahuata. On the 4th we were off the mouth of the spacious harbor Taiohai, the principal harbor of Nuuhiva. www.soest.hawaii.edu /GG/HCV/COAN/XIII.html   (7043 words)

Tahuata dgun.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) Ha‘ava is the Marquesan name of the 4 km (2.5 mi.) wide channel that separates Tahuata from Hiva Oa, in the southern Marquesas Islands. The French name for the passage is Canal du Bordelais. You may redistribute it,verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL. tahuata.en.dgun.org   (9412 words)

Blogstream - Free Blogging for Everyone! Create, Publish and Promote Blogs Ua Pou is the place most people think about when they think about French Polynesia...it has the notched ridges to the hills and the huge spires jutting into the sky...pretty spectacular scenery. As we were leaving Tahuata at 0400 a huge squall descended over the 1000 foot face at the rear of the anchorage and chased us out of the bay...the rains behind us were torrential but we just had showers...talk about timing. The bay we were leaving (Hana Tefau) is renowned for the swirling winds and williwaws but we liked it the best of any place we'd been so far...crystal water, good snorkeling and we had it to ourselves for two days... chasesailing.blogstream.com /emailBlog.mod?PID=74093   (205 words)

Tangaroa In some sculptures, he is shown as the creator out of whose body the creatures emerge, including human beings. In Tahuata (the Marquesas), he is known as Tanaoa Some Polynesian and Micronesian sailors secretly keep a piece of brain coral under their seat in the boat. www.pantheon.org /articles/t/tangaroa.html   (212 words)

Our last newsletter left us at landfall 0500 on Saturday, april 15 (the delay in getting this to you was a lack of an ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) The next two days included a painless check in with the gendarme in the main town of Atouana and a visit to Gauguin’s grave. On the fifth day of our arrival, we weighed anchor and motored over to the neighboring island of Tahuata anchoring at Baie Hanamoenoa. Rated by Eric Hiscock as one of the three most beautiful anchorages in Polynesia it lived up to its reputation. svinterlude1.home.mindspring.com /InterludeR8.html   (2543 words)

Database of Crustacea (Decapoda, Stomatopoda) Distribution & Ecology: Marquesas (Eaiao, Fatu Hiva, Nuku Hiva, Tahuata) - Marine; Coral obligate associate (Antipatharian); Sublittoral to Deep (10-112 m). - Castro, 1997b: 111 (Tahuata, 10-15m, MNHN-B 20411). - Quadrella serenei - Castro, 1999: 99 (Eiao, Fatu Hiva, Nuku Hiva, Tahuata, 10-112 m ; coll. decapoda.free.fr /fiche.php?sp=704   (148 words)

Felix, Tahuata, Tattoo artist on Flickr - Photo Sharing! Felix is one of the most sought after polynesian tattoo artists. It is pretty darn hard to get to Tahuata however. Sign up for a free account, or sign in (if you're already a member). www.flickr.com /photos/froda/37366234   (151 words)

eBay - Tahuata, Makeup, Coins World items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) Lancome Juicy Tubes Tahuata - Set of 2 ~NIB~ Lancome JUICY TUBES TAHUATA COPPER FS $17 1785 Cook Benard Print Woman Tahuata Isle Fr. www.capitalheightsshopping.com /9330/104412176.php   (283 words)

Tonga on the 'NET - Pacific Lore - Tahuata A view to a people Tonga on the 'NET - Pacific Lore - Tahuata A view to a people These pages are frame based, your World Wide Web Browser is not interpreting the Frames display. To install a browser that supports frames, try Microsoft's Internet Explorer or Netscape's Navigator browser. www.tongatapu.net.to /lore/tahuata/default.htm   (77 words)

The Tahiti Traveler - Tahuata travel guide Island guide > Marquesas islands > Tahuata > Activities Refine your search for Tahuata with our search engine The Tahiti Traveler - Vaima Center, #123 - Papeete - Tahiti www.thetahititraveler.com /islandguide/tahuataactivities.asp?iles_id=29   (37 words)

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