Marquesas Islands

E112876
archipelago overseas collectivity subdivision

The Marquesas Islands are a remote volcanic archipelago in French Polynesia in the central South Pacific, known for their dramatic landscapes, rich Polynesian culture, and association with artist Paul Gauguin.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Marquesas Islands canonical 33
Marquesas archipelago 2
southern Marquesas Islands 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago ⓘ
overseas collectivity subdivision ⓘ
administeredBy French Polynesia ⓘ
associatedWith Paul Gauguin ⓘ
capital Taiohae ⓘ
colonialPower France ⓘ
country France ⓘ
countrySubdivision French Polynesia ⓘ
diedIn Atuona ⓘ
discoveredByEuropeans Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira ⓘ
discoveryYear 1595 ⓘ
distanceFromTahiti about 1400 km northeast ⓘ
economicActivity copra production ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
elevation 1230 m ⓘ
ethnicGroup Polynesians ⓘ
geologicalOrigin volcanic ⓘ
hasAirport Hiva Oa Airport ⓘ
Nuku Hiva Airport ⓘ
hasClimate tropical ⓘ
hasHighestPoint Mount Oave ⓘ
hasIsland Eiao ⓘ
Fatu Hiva ⓘ
Hatutu ⓘ
Hiva Oa ⓘ
Motu One ⓘ
surface form: Motu Iti

Motu One ⓘ
Nuku Hiva ⓘ
Tahuata ⓘ
Ua Huka ⓘ
Ua Pou ⓘ
highestElevation 1230 m ⓘ
incorporatedInto French Polynesia ⓘ
surface form: French Oceania
incorporationCentury 19th century ⓘ
knownFor Polynesian culture ⓘ
archaeological sites ⓘ
dramatic landscapes ⓘ
rugged mountains ⓘ
steep cliffs ⓘ
stone tiki statues ⓘ
largestSettlement Taiohae ⓘ
locatedIn Oceania ⓘ
Polynesia ⓘ
South Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locatedOn Hiva Oa ⓘ
Ua Pou ⓘ
namedAfter García Hurtado de Mendoza ⓘ
surface form: Marqués de Mendoza
officialLanguage French ⓘ
partOf French Polynesia ⓘ
population approximately 9000 ⓘ
populationAsOf early 21st century ⓘ
regionalLanguage Marquesan language ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sovereignState France ⓘ
timeZone UTC−09:30 ⓘ
workedIn Marquesas Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paul Gauguin → workedIn → Marquesas Islands ⓘ
Polynesia → hasPart → Marquesas Islands ⓘ
Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira → explored → Marquesas Islands ⓘ
Ralph Linton → ethnographicResearchOn → Marquesas Islands ⓘ
Marquesic languages → spokenIn → Marquesas Islands ⓘ
Marquesic languages → hasRegion → Marquesas Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marquesas archipelago
French Polynesia → contains → Marquesas Islands ⓘ
Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia → locatedIn → Marquesas Islands ⓘ
subject surface form: Atuona
Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia → archipelago → Marquesas Islands ⓘ
subject surface form: Atuona
Calvary Cemetery, Atuona, Hiva Oa → locatedIn → Marquesas Islands ⓘ
Calvary Cemetery, Atuona, Hiva Oa → isOnIslandInArchipelago → Marquesas Islands ⓘ
Atuona, Hiva Oa → locatedIn → Marquesas Islands ⓘ
Atuona, Hiva Oa → locatedInArchipelago → Marquesas Islands ⓘ
Marquesas Islands → workedIn → Marquesas Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Paul Gauguin
Typee → setting → Marquesas Islands ⓘ
Omoo → setting → Marquesas Islands ⓘ
North Marquesan language → spokenIn → Marquesas Islands ⓘ
South Marquesan language → spokenIn → Marquesas Islands ⓘ
South Marquesan language → spokenIn → Marquesas Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: southern Marquesas Islands
Polynesian Triangle → contains → Marquesas Islands ⓘ
Jacques Brel → burialPlace → Marquesas Islands ⓘ
Paul Gauguin Cultural Center → locatedIn → Marquesas Islands ⓘ
Paul Gauguin Cultural Center → regionServed → Marquesas Islands ⓘ
Jacques Brel Museum → locatedIn → Marquesas Islands ⓘ
Atuona parish → locatedIn → Marquesas Islands ⓘ
Hiva Oa Airport → locatedIn → Marquesas Islands ⓘ
Hiva Oa Airport → regionServed → Marquesas Islands ⓘ
Atuona → locatedIn → Marquesas Islands ⓘ
Atuona → archipelago → Marquesas Islands ⓘ
Commune of Hiva Oa → partOf → Marquesas Islands ⓘ
Commune of Hiva Oa → locatedInArchipelago → Marquesas Islands ⓘ
Catholic church of Atuona → locatedIn → Marquesas Islands ⓘ
Hiva Oa → locatedIn → Marquesas Islands ⓘ
Hiva Oa → belongsToArchipelago → Marquesas Islands ⓘ
Atuona Bay → locatedIn → Marquesas Islands ⓘ
Atuona Bay → partOf → Marquesas Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marquesas archipelago