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Meheti'a or Me'eti'a is a volcanic island in the Windward Islands, in the east of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. This island is a very young active stratovolcano 110 kilometres (68 mi) east of the Taiarapu Peninsula of Tahiti. It belongs to the Teahiti'a-Mehetia hotspot.[1]

Mehetia

Native name: Meheti'a
Coastal view of Osnaburg Island, now Mehetia
Geography
Location	Pacific Ocean
Coordinates	17°52′S 148°04′W
Archipelago	Society Islands
Total islands	1
Major islands	Mehetia
Area	2.3 km2 (0.89 sq mi)
Highest elevation	435 m (1427 ft)
Highest point	Mont Fareura
Administration
France
Overseas collectivity	French Polynesia
Administrative subdivision	Windward Islands
Commune	Taiarapu-Est
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

Mont Fareura
NASA Geocover 2000 image
Highest point
Elevation	435 m (1,427 ft)
Prominence	435 m (1,427 ft)
Coordinates	17°52′S 148°4′W
Geography
Location	Society Islands
Geology
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	Unknown

The island has an area of 2.3 square kilometres (0.89 sq mi) and its highest point is 435 metres (1,427 ft). The peak is a well-defined volcanic crater. In 1981 the island was the centre of earthquakes.[2][3]

History

Tahitian oral tradition holds that navigators stopped at Mehiti'a, which was regarded as sacred, on their long voyage to New Zealand.[4] This oral history correlates with geological evidence found in southern New Zealand which can be traced back to Mehiti'a.[5]

The early Polynesian voyagers commonly gave Polynesian ancestral names and symbolism to new places.[6] The high point of Mehetia is Mount Hiurai (Hi’ura’i/Hikurangi)[7] The name Hikurangi in Aotearoa / New Zealand probably came from Mehetia[8] and the name Hi’ura’i probably has its origin in Si'ulagi (Si'ulangi) in Ta'u, Samoa.[9]

The first European sighting was by the Spanish expedition of Pedro Fernández de Quirós on 9 February 1606, that charted it as Decena (ten in Spanish).[10] Later on it was sighted by Samuel Wallis in HMS Dolphin 1767 and Louis Antoine de Bougainville in 1768.[11] It was also sighted by Spanish navigator Domingo de Boenechea on November 6, 1772, on ship Aguila.[11]^: 241 He named this island San Cristóbal.

Administration

Meheti'a is administratively part of the commune (municipality) of Taiarapu-Est and of its easternmost commune associée Tautira. The island is uninhabited and does not have much vegetation but has a small coral reef on the underwater slopes.

See also

• List of volcanoes in French Polynesia

References

External links

• Mehetia in Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program database

На других языках

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[de] Mehetia

Mehetia oder Meetia (alter polynesischer Name: Meetu, alte europäische Namen: Osnaburgh, Boudoir, San Cristobal) ist eine unbewohnte Vulkaninsel im südlichen Pazifischen Ozean, die geografisch zu den Gesellschaftsinseln und politisch zu Französisch-Polynesien gehört.

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- [en] Mehetia

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[es] Mehetia

Mehetia (o también Meetia; Meheti’a en tahitiano normalizado) es una isla del grupo del Viento de las islas de la Sociedad, en la Polinesia Francesa. Está situada a 110 km al este de Tahití.

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[fr] Mehetia

Mehetia est une île volcanique située dans les îles du Vent, sous-ensemble insulaire dépendant des îles de la Société, en Polynésie française[1]. Autrefois occupée de façon permanente, car située au centre des échanges commerciaux entre Tahiti et les Tuamotu[2], l'île est aujourd'hui inhabitée et son accès est réglementé. C'est d'ailleurs une propriété privée, appartenant au Belge John Beernaerts, qui souhaite y implanter une base scientifique internationale permanente.

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[it] Mehetia

L'isola di Mehetia (in lingua tahitiana: Meheti.mw-parser-output .Unicode{font-family:TITUS Cyberbit Basic,Code2000,Doulos SIL,Chrysanthi Unicode,Bitstream Cyberbit,Bitstream CyberBase,Bitstream Vera,Thryomanes,Gentium,GentiumAlt,Visual Geez Unicode,Lucida Grande,Arial Unicode MS,Microsoft Sans Serif,Lucida Sans Unicode;font-family:inherit}ʻa) è una piccola isola di origine vulcanica che fa parte dell'arcipelago delle Isole del Vento, che a loro volta fanno parte, insieme alle Isole Sotto Vento, dell'arcipelago delle Isole della Società. Si trova a circa 95 km SE della penisola di Taiarapu.

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[ru] Мехетиа

Мехетиа (фр. Mehetia) — один из Наветренных островов архипелага Острова Общества во Французской Полинезии в Тихом океане.

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