List of volcanoes in French Polynesia
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This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes.
Name Elevation Location Last eruption
meters feet Coordinates
Bora Bora
Bora Bora
The commune of Bora-Bora is made up of the island of Bora Bora proper with its surrounding islets emerging from the coral reef, 29.3 km² in total, and of the atoll of Tupai , located north of Bora Bora...

 
727 2385 16°26′40"S 151°45′5"W extinct
MacDonald  -50 -164 28.98°S 140.25°W active
Mangareva
Mangareva
Mangareva is the central and most important island of the Gambier Islands in French Polynesia. It is surrounded by smaller islands: Taravai in the southwest, Aukena and Akamaru in the southeast, and islands in the north...

 
441 1446 23°06′34"S 134°57′57"W extinct
Mehetia
Mehetia
Mehetia or Meetia 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 east of Taiarapu Peninsula of Tahiti. It belongs to the Teahitia-Mehetia hotspot....

 
435 1427 17.87°S 148.07°W active
Moorea
Moorea
Moʻorea is a high island in French Polynesia, part of the Society Islands, 17 km northwest of Tahiti. Its position is . Moʻorea means "yellow lizard" in Tahitian...

 
- - extinct
Moua Pihaa  -180 -590 18.32°S 148.67°W active
Nuku Hiva
Nuku Hiva
Nuku Hiva is the largest of the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. It was formerly also known as Île Marchand and Madison Island....

 
1224 4015
extinct
Raiatea
Raiatea
Raiatea , is the second largest of the Society Islands, after Tahiti, in French Polynesia. The island is widely regarded as the 'center' of the eastern islands in ancient Polynesia and it is likely that the organised migrations to Hawaii, Aotearoa and other parts of East Polynesia started at...

 
- - - extinct
Rocard  -2100 -6888 17.642°S 148.60°W active
Teahitia
Teahitia
Teahitia is a submarine volcano, located northeast of the southeast tip of Tahiti of the Society Islands in the Pacific Ocean, with its peak 1600 meters below the water surface. It belongs to the Teahitia-Mehetia hotspot....

 
-1600 -5248 17.57°S 148.85°W 1985
Tahiti
Tahiti
Tahiti is the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is the economic, cultural and political centre of French Polynesia. The island was formed from volcanic activity and is high and mountainous...

2241 7350 extinct

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