Eiao
Also known as Knox island
Eiao is the largest of the extreme northwestern Marquesas Islands. The island is uninhabited, but is administratively part of the commune (municipality) of Nuku-Hiva, itself in the administrative subdivision of the Marquesas Islands.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Eiao
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- Eiao.jpg
- Islands.image_size
- 250px
- Islands.image_caption
- Vaituha bay on Eiao
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- Eiao.map.svg
- Islands.location
- South Pacific Ocean
- Islands.archipelago
- Marquesas Islands
- Islands.area_km2
- 43.8
- Islands.elevation_m
- 576
- Islands.country
- France
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- Overseas country
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- French Polynesia
- Islands.population
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- Climate
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Eiao is the largest of the extreme northwestern Marquesas Islands. The island is uninhabited, but is administratively part of the commune (municipality) of Nuku-Hiva, itself in the administrative subdivision of the Marquesas Islands.
As of 2022, the only settlement on the Island is a small shelter on the north coast of Vaithua bay with a water tap. There is some small manmade structures in the north of the island, most likely for archeological purposes. There is a small shrine of Mother Mary somewhere along a trail to the plateau at the top of the island.
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