Mehetia

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Mehetia
Elevation	435 m (1,427 ft)
Location	Society Islands
Prominence	435 m (1,427 ft)
Coordinates	17°52′S, 148°4′W
Type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	Unknown

Mehetia or Meetia is an island in the Windward Islands, in the east of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. This island is a very young active stratovolcano 110 kilometres (68.4 miles) east of Taiarapu Peninsula of Tahiti. It has an area of 2.3 square kilometres (0.89 square miles) and its highest point is 435 metres (1,427 ft). Mehetia's well-defined volcanic crater contains a very active hot point. In 1981 the island was the centre of earthquakes.

1 History
2 Administration
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

Mehetia was sighted by Spanish navigator Domingo de Boenechea on November 6 1772 on ship Aguila. He named this island "San Cristóbal".

It was later sighted by Englishman Samuel Wallis in 1767.

[edit] Administration

Mehetia is administratively part of the commune (municipality) of Taiarapu-Est. The island is uninhabited and doesn't have much vegetation but has a small coral reef on the underwater slopes.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Mehetia database

v • d • e Society Islands of French Polynesia

	Windward Islands: Maiao • Mehetia • Moorea • Tahiti • Tetiaroa

	Leeward Islands: Bora Bora • Huahine • Manuae • Maupihaa • Maupiti • Motu One • Raiatea • Tahaa • Tupai

Archipelagos of French Polynesia: Australs • Gambiers • Marquesas • Societies • Tuamotus