Tahiti On A World Map
World map with tahiti click on tahiti island for more information french polynesia is located in the south of the pacific ocean.
Tahiti on a world map. It is located about 6 000 km east of australia and 7 500 km west of chile. The worldatlas list of geography facts. Only an eight hour direct flight from california. Tahiti and moorea large map.
Major rivers which flow north. Tahiti is the economic cultural and political centre of french polynesia an overseas collectivity and the sole overseas country of the french republic. Official french speaking nations. Other helpful pages on worldatlas.
Map of tahiti area showing travelers where the best hotels and attractions are located. The island is divided into two sections with the northwestern portion being tahiti nui big tahiti and the smaller southeastern portion being tahiti iti small tahiti. They are just as much south of the equatoras hawaii is north of that line and they are roughly the same distance from california as they are from australia. Tahiti on world map pacific map collection are now available online as part of an ongoing project by the australian national university s college of asia and the pacific.
Located in the archipelago of the society islands tahiti is the largest island of french polynesia and was formed from volcanic activity. Its nearest neighbour is moorea 12 miles 20 km to the northwest. He and his wife chris woolwine moen produced thousands of award winning maps that are used all over the world and. Swasti bhattacharyya professor of philosophy and religion approaches her retirement after 18 years at buena vista university she reflects on her first visit.
Tahiti largest island of the îles du vent windward islands of the society islands french polynesia in the central south pacific ocean. Tahiti s other name french polynesia. Map of las vegas hotels and casinos. The capital of french polynesia papeete is located on the northwest coast of tahiti.
Tahiti is one of furthest island in the world and largest island of french polynesia. The most famous island of tahiti is bora bora land.