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Gambier Islands

Index Gambier Islands

The Gambier Islands are a populated (1319 people), small group of islands, remnants of a caldera along with islets on the surrounding fringing reef, in French Polynesia, located at the southeast terminus of the Tuamotu archipelago. [1]

81 relations: Akamaru Island, Angakauitai, Apou, Archaeology, Arone Teikatoara, Atoll, Atumata, Aukena, Bernardo Putairi, Caldera, Cannibalism, Ciguatera fish poisoning, Civil war, Columba Murphy, Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Coral, Coral island, Coral reef, Deforestation, Economy, Flag of the Gambier Islands, Folklore, François Caret, France, French Armed Forces, French Polynesia, Fringing reef, Gaioio, Gambier Islands, High island, Honoré Laval, Island, Islet, Jules Grévy, Kamaka (island), Kouaku, List of monarchs of Mangareva, List of non-marine molluscs of the Gambier Islands, Logging, Makapu, Makaroa, Mangareva, Mangareva language, Manui, Maputeoa, Marquesas Islands, Mekiro, Moruroa, Motu Teiku, Motu-O-Ari, ..., Mount Duff, Nuclear weapons testing, Overseas collectivity, Pacific Ocean, Papuri Island, Pitcairn Islands, Polynesia, Puaumu, Rikitea, Rumarei, Sea, Society Islands, St. Michael's Cathedral, Rikitea, Tarauru Roa, Taravai, Tauna, Teauaone, Teauotu, Tekava, Temoe, Tenoko, Teohootepohatu, Tepapuri, Tepu Nui, Tokorua, Totegegie Airport, Town, Tuaeu, Tuamotus, Vaiatekeue, Volcano. Expand index (31 more) »

Akamaru Island

Akamaru is the third largest island in the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia.

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Angakauitai

Angakauitai is an island of the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia.

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Apou

Apou is an island of the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia.

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Archaeology

Archaeology, or archeology, is the study of humanactivity through the recovery and analysis of material culture.

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Arone Teikatoara

Arone Teikatoara (died 30 October 1881) was the penultimate Prince Regent of the island of Mangareva, and other Gambier Islands including Akamaru, Aukena, Taravai and Temoe from 1869 to 1873.

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Atoll

An atoll, sometimes called a coral atoll, is a ring-shaped coral reef including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon partially or completely.

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Atumata

Atumata is an island of the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia.

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Aukena

Aukena is the 5th largest of the Gambier Islands in French Polynesia.

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Bernardo Putairi

Bernardo Putairi (died 1 January or 7 January 1889) was the Prince Regent of the island of Mangareva, and other Gambier Islands including Akamaru, Aukena, Taravai and Temoe from 1873 to 1881.

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Caldera

A caldera is a large cauldron-like depression that forms following the evacuation of a magma chamber/reservoir.

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Cannibalism

Cannibalism is the act of one individual of a species consuming all or part of another individual of the same species as food.

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Ciguatera fish poisoning

Ciguatera fish poisoning, also known simply as ciguatera, is a foodborne illness caused by eating reef fish whose flesh is contaminated with certain toxins.

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Civil war

A civil war, also known as an intrastate war in polemology, is a war between organized groups within the same state or country.

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Columba Murphy

Columba Murphy, SS.CC. (born James Murphy; 1806 – by 1848) was French Catholic priest of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a religious institute of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary

The Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary and of the Perpetual Adoration of the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar is a Roman Catholic religious institute of brothers, priests, and nuns.

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Coral

Corals are marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa of phylum Cnidaria.

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Coral island

A coral island is a type of island formed from coral detritus and associated organic material.

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Coral reef

Coral reefs are diverse underwater ecosystems held together by calcium carbonate structures secreted by corals.

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Deforestation

Deforestation, clearance, or clearing is the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a non-forest use.

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Economy

An economy (from Greek οίκος – "household" and νέμoμαι – "manage") is an area of the production, distribution, or trade, and consumption of goods and services by different agents.

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Flag of the Gambier Islands

The Flag of the Gambier Islands is the flag of the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia in the Pacific Ocean administered by France.

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Folklore

Folklore is the expressive body of culture shared by a particular group of people; it encompasses the traditions common to that culture, subculture or group.

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François Caret

François d'Assise Caret, SS.CC., (born François Toussaint Caret; 4 July 1802 – 26 October 1844) was a French Catholic priest of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a religious institute of the Roman Catholic Church.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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French Armed Forces

The French Armed Forces (Forces armées françaises) encompass the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the National Guard and the Gendarmerie of the French Republic.

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French Polynesia

French Polynesia (Polynésie française; Pōrīnetia Farāni) is an overseas collectivity of the French Republic; collectivité d'outre-mer de la République française (COM), sometimes unofficially referred to as an overseas country; pays d'outre-mer (POM).

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Fringing reef

A fringing reef is one of the four main types of coral reef recognized by most coral reef scientists.

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Gaioio

Gaioio is an island of the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia.

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Gambier Islands

The Gambier Islands are a populated (1319 people), small group of islands, remnants of a caldera along with islets on the surrounding fringing reef, in French Polynesia, located at the southeast terminus of the Tuamotu archipelago.

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High island

In geology (and sometimes in archaeology), a high island or volcanic island is an island of volcanic origin.

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Honoré Laval

Honoré Laval, SS.CC., (born Louis-Jacques Laval; 5/6 February 1808 – 1 November 1880) was a French Catholic priest of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (also known as the Picpus Fathers), a religious institute of the Roman Catholic Church, who evangelized the Gambier Islands.

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Island

An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water.

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Islet

An islet is a very small island.

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Jules Grévy

François Paul Jules Grévy (15 August 1807 – 9 September 1891) was a President of the French Third Republic and one of the leaders of the Opportunist Republican faction.

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Kamaka (island)

Kamaka is an island in the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia, 11.7 km south of Mangareva within the same lagoon.

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Kouaku

Kouaku is an island of the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia.

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List of monarchs of Mangareva

This is a list of monarchs of Mangareva, in the Gambier Islands of Polynesia, until the island's annexation by France on 21 February 1881.

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List of non-marine molluscs of the Gambier Islands

The non-marine molluscs of the Gambier Islands are a part of the molluscan fauna of French Polynesia.

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Logging

Logging is the cutting, skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or logs onto trucks or skeleton cars.

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Makapu

Makapu is an island of the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia.

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Makaroa

Makaroa is an island in the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia, 8.5 km south of Mangareva within the same lagoon.

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Mangareva

Mangareva is the central and largest island of the Gambier Islands in French Polynesia.

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Mangareva language

Mangareva (or Mangarevan) is a Polynesian language spoken in the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia by about 600 people on the islands of Gambier and Mangareva.

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Manui

Manui is an island of the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia.

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Maputeoa

Te Maputeoa (baptized Gregorio Stanislas; reigned as Gregorio I; born c. 1814 – 20 June 1857) was a monarch of the Polynesian island of Mangareva and the other Gambier Islands.

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Marquesas Islands

The Marquesas Islands (Îles Marquises or Archipel des Marquises or Marquises; Marquesan: Te Henua (K)enana (North Marquesan) and Te FenuaEnata (South Marquesan), both meaning "the land of men") are a group of volcanic islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southern Pacific Ocean.

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Mekiro

Mekiro is an island of the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia.

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Moruroa

Moruroa (Mururoa, Mururura), also historically known as Aopuni, is an atoll which forms part of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia in the southern Pacific Ocean.

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Motu Teiku

Motu Teiku is an island of the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia.

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Motu-O-Ari

Motu-O-Ari is an island of the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia.

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Mount Duff

Mount Duff, also called Auorotini in the Mangarevan language, is the highest peak on the island of Mangareva in the Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.

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Nuclear weapons testing

Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the effectiveness, yield, and explosive capability of nuclear weapons.

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Overseas collectivity

The French overseas collectivities (collectivité d'outre-mer or COM), like the French regions, are first-order administrative divisions of France.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions.

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Papuri Island

Papuri is an island of the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia.

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Pitcairn Islands

The Pitcairn Islands (Pitkern: Pitkern Ailen), officially Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, are a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean that form the last British Overseas Territory in the South Pacific.

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Polynesia

Polynesia (from πολύς polys "many" and νῆσος nēsos "island") is a subregion of Oceania, made up of more than 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean.

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Puaumu

Puaumu is an island of the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia.

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Rikitea

Rikitea is a small town on Mangareva, which is part of the Gambier Islands in French Polynesia.

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Rumarei

Rumarei is an island of the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia.

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Sea

A sea is a large body of salt water that is surrounded in whole or in part by land.

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Society Islands

The Society Islands (Îles de la Société or officially Archipel de la Société; Tōtaiete mā.) includes a group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean.

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St. Michael's Cathedral, Rikitea

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Tarauru Roa

Tarauru Roa is an island of the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia.

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Taravai

Taravai is the second largest island in the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia, at 5.7 km².

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Tauna

Tauna is an Islet of the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia.

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Teauaone

Teauaone is an island of the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia.

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Teauotu

Teauotu is an island of the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia.

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Tekava

Tekava is an island of the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia.

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Temoe

Temoe, or Te Moe, is a small atoll of the Gambier Islands in French Polynesia.

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Tenoko

Tenoko is an island of the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia.

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Teohootepohatu

Teohootepohatu is an island of the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia.

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Tepapuri

Tepapuri is an island of the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia.

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Tepu Nui

Tepu Nui is an island of the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia.

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Tokorua

Tokorua is an island of the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia.

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Totegegie Airport

Totegegie Airport is an airport on Totegegie Island (in the Gambier Islands) French Polynesia.

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Town

A town is a human settlement.

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Tuaeu

Tuaeu is an island of the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia.

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Tuamotus

The Tuamotus, also referred to in English as the Tuamotu Archipelago or the Tuamotu Islands (Îles Tuamotu, officially Archipel des Tuamotu), are a French Polynesian chain of almost 80 islands and atolls forming the largest chain of atolls in the world.

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Vaiatekeue

Vaiatekeue is an island of the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia.

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Volcano

A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.

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Redirects here:

Gambier Archipelago, Gambier islands, Gambieri, Mangareva Islands.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambier_Islands

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