Vaituha bay, on Eiao Vaituha is a small valley in northwestern

Eiao Eiao is the largest of the extreme northwestern Marquesas Islands. The island is uninhabited, but is administratively part of the commune (municipality) of Nuku-Hiva, itself in the administrative subdivision of the Marquesas Islands. Geography ...

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) which empties into a small bay of the same name. This bay is the only reliable anchorage on Eiao. The interior end of the valley, the site of a seasonally spectacular waterfall, rises steeply to the plateau which comprises much of the center of the island, and is one of the few ascents thereto.

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Landforms of the Marquesas Islands Valleys of Oceania {{FrenchPolynesia-geo-stub