Editing Geography of French Polynesia (section)

== Physical geography ==

There are 118 islands in French Polynesia (and many more islets or ''motus'' around [[atoll]]s). Four of the islands are volcanic and one island is coral. [[Makatea]] in French Polynesia is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean – the others are [[Banaba Island|Banaba]] (Ocean Island) in [[Kiribati]] and [[Nauru]]. The terrain consists of a mixture of rugged high islands and low islands with reefs.

It is made up of six archipelagos. The largest and most populated island is Tahiti, in the Society Islands.

The archipelagos are:

* [[Marquesas Islands]] – administratively making the Marquesas Islands subdivision (12 high islands and 1 atoll)
* [[Society Islands]] – administratively subdivided into the Windward Islands subdivision (5 high islands) and the Leeward Islands District (5 atolls)
* [[Tuamotus|Tuamotu Archipelago]] – administratively part of the Tuamotu-Gambier subdivision (<80 atolls, grouping over 3,100 islands or islets)
* [[Gambier Islands]] – administratively part of the Tuamotu-Gambier subdivision (2 atolls in genesis)
* [[Austral Islands]] – administratively part of the Austral Islands subdivision (5 atolls)
* [[Bass Islands (French Polynesia)|Bass Islands]] – administratively part of the Austral Islands subdivision (2 atolls)

Aside from Tahiti, some other important atolls, islands, and island groups in French Polynesia are: [[Ahe|Ahē]], [[Bora Bora]], [[Hiva Oa|Hiva 'Oa]], [[Huahine]], [[Maiao|Mai'ao]], [[Maupiti]], [[Mehetia|Meheti'a]], [[Mo'orea]], [[Nuku Hiva]], [[Raiatea]], [[Tahaa|Taha'a]], [[Tetiaroa]], [[Tubuai (Austral Islands)|Tupua'i]], and [[Tupai|Tūpai]]. The country's highest point is [[Mont Orohena]] on [[Tahiti]] at 2,241 meters high.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tahititourisme.pf/en-pf/offers/mount-orohena-mahina-en-en-pf-3349360/ |title=Mount Orohena |publisher=Tahiti Tourisme |access-date=19 December 2022}}</ref>