Nuku Hiva


  • Type: Island

Nuku Hiva Island, French Polynesia, is the largest of the Marquesas Islands. Historically, this South Pacific island has been associated with stories of cannibalism but in modern times, it is best known as the location of the fourth season of the American reality series Survivor. - AsNotedIn


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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1842/07/00 Herman Melville Visitor Herman Melville jumps ship at Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands. Melville and Richard Greene make their way to the interior of the island where they are captured by Taipis tribe. Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life
1888/07/28 Robert Louis Stevenson Visitor During the voyage of the CASCO, Robert Louis Stevenson lands at Hatihe'u, on the north side of Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands. Stevensons' Voyage on the CASCO

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Physiographic feature Island




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