the marquesas islands
1Fauna of the Marquesas Islands — The Marquesas Islands have a diverse aquatic zoölogy, and a rather limited endemic terrestrial zoölogy. Contents 1 Aquatic fauna 2 Terrestrial fauna 2.1 Endemic species 2.2 …
2Geography of the Marquesas Islands — The Marquesas Islands are the island group farthest from any continent in the world, lying between 400 and 600 miles (600 and 1,000 km) south of the equator and approximately 1,000 miles (1,600 km) northeast of Tahiti. They fall naturally into… …
3Flora of the Marquesas Islands — The Marquesas Islands have a diverse flora, with a high rate of endemism. They are in the floristic Polynesian subkingdom of the Oceania ecozone. Contents 1 Food Plants 2 Other plants 3 See also 4 Ex …
4Flag of the Marquesas Islands — The unofficial flag of the Marquesas Islands was first raised on December 14, 1980, upon the opening of the airport on Nuku Hiva, and has been regularly used since 1994. A simplified version, without the tiki design, is sometimes flown.External… …
5Culture of the Marquesas Islands — Marquesans performing a Haka dance The Marquesas Islands were colonized by sea faring Polynesians as early as 300 A.D., thought to originate from Samoa. The dense population was concentrated in the narrow valleys, and consisted of warring tribes …
6Marquesas Islands — Marquesas redirects here. For the uninhabited island group in the U.S. State of Florida, see Marquesas Keys. Marquesan redirects here. For the language, see Marquesan language. Coordinates: 9°27′16″S 139°23′20″W / …
7Marquesas Islands — • Located in Polynesia, includes all the Marquesas Islands Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Marquesas Islands Vicariate Apostolic of Marquesas Islands …
8Marquesas Islands names — The Marquesas Islands were the first of the island groups discovered by European [[List of explorerin the Pacific. Over the centuries, these Polynesian islands have been variously known by a number of names. The islands are known in Marquesan… …
9Marquesas Islands — [mär kā′zəz, mär kā′səz] group of islands in French Polynesia, in the E South Pacific: 405 sq mi (1,049 sq km); pop. 7,500 …
10Geography of the Marquesas — The Marquesas Islands are the island group farthest from any continent in the world, lying between 400 and 600 miles (600 and 1,000 km) south of the equator and approximately 1,000 miles (1,600 km) northeast of Tahiti. They fall naturally into… …
