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5 unusual facts about Marquesas Islands


Diphasiastrum

The genus has a subcosmopolitan distribution, in much of the Northern Hemisphere, south in mountains to South America (reaching furthest south in Jujuy Province, northwest Argentina), New Guinea and the Marquesas Islands in the Pacific Ocean, but confined to climates with high humidity for most or all of the year (or, in cool climates, protected by snow cover in winter).

Greg Dening

He received an MA from the University of Melbourne and a PhD from Harvard University, where his doctoral dissertation was a historical ethnography of the Marquesas Islands.

Il me donne rendez-vous

The song is an up-tempo number, with Santamaria describing a series of dates with her lover, including a trip to the Marquesas Islands.

Marquesas Islands

Recent additions include the "Vini" a mobile phone service that, in about 6 years, has expanded to cover most of the populated islands.

Nuku Hiva Airport

Nuku Hiva Airport is an airport on Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.


Typee

Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life (1846) is the first book by American writer Herman Melville, a classic in the literature of travel and adventure partly based on his actual experiences as a captive on the island Nuku Hiva (which Melville spelled as Nukuheva) in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands, in 1842.

Zebrasoma rostratum

Zebrasoma rostratum is found in the South Pacific off the coasts of the Society Islands, Marquesas Islands, Line Islands, Tuamoto Islands to the Pitcairn Islands.


see also

Washington Island

An 18th-century name for Ua Huka, later extended as the "Washington Islands" to include all of the northern Marquesas Islands

Yosihiko H. Sinoto

Sinoto's Lorikeet (Vini sinotoi), an extinct parrot species in the Marquesas Islands and Sir Yosihiko Sinoto, a hybrid variety of hibiscus, are both named for him.