13 Facts About Marquesas Islands

Marquesas Islands are a group of volcanic islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southern Pacific Ocean.

Marquesas Islands constitute one of the five administrative divisions of French Polynesia.

Marquesas Islands are among the largest island groups in French Polynesia.

Unlike most French Polynesian islands, the Marquesas islands are not surrounded by protective fringing reefs.

Different study, published in 2014, suggested that the date of first settlement in the Marquesas Islands was somewhat earlier: between around 900 and 1000 AD.

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Marquesas Islands were a popular port of call for whaling ships in the Age of Sail.

Indigenous people of the Marquesas Islands suffered high death rates from diseases carried by Western explorers, such as smallpox and measles, because none of them had any immunity to them.

Marquesas Islands lost more people to death from these diseases than any other island group in Polynesia.

Residents of the Marquesas Islands have chafed at Tahiti's overwhelming dominance, complaining of neglect by politicians based in Tahiti, and leaders have suggested developing a direct relationship with the metropole, the government in Paris, instead of depending on Papeete.

Community of communes of the Marquesas Islands was created in 2010 with the aim of delegating powers both from the six communes and from the overseas collectivity of French Polynesia to this new intercommunal structure, due to the isolation of the Marquesas Islands and distance from the seat of the French Polynesian government in Tahiti.

Between the 2007 and 2017 censuses, the population of residents of the Marquesas Islands born in Tahiti rose by 50.

Marquesas Islands are served by telephone as well as by radio and television, mainly from Tahiti.

Ecosystem of the Marquesas Islands has been devastated in some areas by the activities of feral livestock.