Editing French Polynesia (section)

== Geography ==
{{main|Geography of French Polynesia}}
[[File:French Polynesia relief map.svg|thumb|upright=2.05|center|Map of French Polynesia]]
[[File:BoraBora SEtienne.jpg|thumb|[[Bora Bora]], Leeward Islands]]
The islands of French Polynesia make up a total land area of {{convert|3521|km2|sqmi}},<ref name=land_area /> scattered over more than {{convert|2000|km|mi|abbr=in}} of ocean. There are 121 islands in French Polynesia and many more islets or {{lang|ty|motu}}s around [[atoll]]s.<ref name=islands /> The highest point is [[Mount Orohena]] on Tahiti.

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

Aside from Tahiti, some other important atolls, islands, and island groups in French Polynesia are: [[Ahe|Ahē]], [[Bora Bora]], [[Hiva Oa|Hiva ʻOa]], [[Huahine]], [[Maiʻao]], [[Maupiti]], [[Mehetiʻa]], [[Moʻorea]], [[Nuku Hiva]], [[Raʻiātea]], [[Tahaʻa]], [[Tetiʻaroa]], [[Tubuai]] and [[Tupai|Tūpai]].

French Polynesia is home to four terrestrial ecoregions: [[Marquesas tropical moist forests]], [[Society Islands tropical moist forests]], [[Tuamotu tropical moist forests]], and [[Tubuai tropical moist forests]].<ref name="DinersteinOlson2017">{{cite journal |last1=Dinerstein |first1=Eric |last2=Olson |first2=David |last3=Joshi |first3=Anup |last4=Vynne |first4=Carly |last5=Burgess |first5=Neil D. |last6=Wikramanayake |first6=Eric |last7=Hahn |first7=Nathan |last8=Palminteri |first8=Suzanne |last9=Hedao |first9=Prashant |last10=Noss |first10=Reed |last11=Hansen |first11=Matt |last12=Locke |first12=Harvey |last13=Ellis |first13=Erle C |last14=Jones |first14=Benjamin |last15=Barber |first15=Charles Victor |last16=Hayes |first16=Randy |last17=Kormos |first17=Cyril |last18=Martin |first18=Vance |last19=Crist |first19=Eileen |last20=Sechrest |first20=Wes |last21=Price |first21=Lori |last22=Baillie |first22=Jonathan E. M. |last23=Weeden |first23=Don |last24=Suckling |first24=Kierán |last25=Davis |first25=Crystal |last26=Sizer |first26=Nigel |last27=Moore |first27=Rebecca |last28=Thau |first28=David |last29=Birch |first29=Tanya |last30=Potapov |first30=Peter |last31=Turubanova |first31=Svetlana |last32=Tyukavina |first32=Alexandra |last33=de Souza |first33=Nadia |last34=Pintea |first34=Lilian |last35=Brito |first35=José C. |last36=Llewellyn |first36=Othman A. |last37=Miller |first37=Anthony G. |last38=Patzelt |first38=Annette |last39=Ghazanfar |first39=Shahina A. |last40=Timberlake |first40=Jonathan |last41=Klöser |first41=Heinz |last42=Shennan-Farpón |first42=Yara |last43=Kindt |first43=Roeland |last44=Lillesø |first44=Jens-Peter Barnekow |last45=van Breugel |first45=Paulo |last46=Graudal |first46=Lars |last47=Voge |first47=Maianna |last48=Al-Shammari |first48=Khalaf F. |last49=Saleem |first49=Muhammad |title=An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm |journal=BioScience |volume=67 |issue=6 |year=2017 |pages=534–545 |issn=0006-3568 |doi=10.1093/biosci/bix014 |pmid=28608869 |pmc=5451287 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

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{| class="wikitable col2right col3right col4right"
|+ Islands of French Polynesia
! Name !! Land area<br>(km<sup>2</sup>)<ref name=land_area />!! Population <br/>2022 Census!! Density <br/>(per km<sup>2</sup>)<br/>2022!! Notes
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|[[Marquesas Islands]] || 1,049.3 || 9,478 || 9 || 12 high islands; administratively making the Marquesas Islands subdivision
|-
|[[Society Islands]] ||	1,597.6 || 245,987 || 154 ||Administratively subdivided into the Windward Islands subdivision (4 high islands and 1 atoll) <br/>and the Leeward Islands subdivision (5 high islands and 4 atolls)
|-
|[[Tuamotus|Tuamotu Archipelago]] || 698.7 || 	15,159 || 22 || 80 atolls, grouping over 3,100 islands or islets; administratively part of the Tuamotu-Gambier subdivision
|-
| [[Gambier Islands]] || 27.8<ref name=Mangareva_land_area>{{cite web|title=Gambier – Guide Floristique|url=https://www.service-public.pf/diren/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2019/01/Gambier-Light.pdf|publisher=Government of French Polynesia, Directorate of the Environment|access-date=2022-03-04|language=fr|archive-date=21 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121014255/https://www.service-public.pf/diren/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2019/01/Gambier-Light.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Temoe_land_area>{{cite web|title=Annexe 3 : Indicateurs par île et classement par archipel pour la PF|url=http://www.cetop.upf.pf/sites/default/files/2020-11/Annexe%203%20-%20Diagnostic%20Tourisme%20PF%20-%20Base%20Indicateurs%20.pdf|page=91|publisher=Centre d'Etudes du Tourisme en Océanie-Pacifique (CETOP)|access-date=2022-03-04|language=fr|archive-date=7 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407114639/http://www.cetop.upf.pf/sites/default/files/2020-11/Annexe%203%20-%20Diagnostic%20Tourisme%20PF%20-%20Base%20Indicateurs%20.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> ||	1,570 || 56 || 6 high islands and 1 atoll; administratively part of the Tuamotu-Gambier subdivision
|-
| [[Austral Islands]] || 147.8 ||	6,592 || 45 || 5 high islands and 1 atoll; administratively part of the Austral Islands subdivision
|-
!Total!!3,521.2!!278,786!!79!!121 high islands and atolls (75 inhabited at the 2017 census; 46 uninhabited)<ref name=islands />
|}