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Mountain · French Polynesia

Potainui

Elevation
878 m
#13,719
in the world
#11
in French Polynesia

Potainui is a mountain in French Polynesia, rising to 878 m, the 11th highest we list in French Polynesia.

Nearest town
1,370 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Potainui lies in French Polynesia, in Marquesas Islands.

Key facts

Elevation
878 m (2,881 ft)
Approximate elevation, from a digital elevation model
Type
Mountain
Region
Marquesas Islands
Coordinates
-9.397, -140.078

How it ranks

Among peaks in French Polynesia
#11of 25
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#13,719of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Pohumaka776 m0.9 km
Mont Pouoanuu706 m115 km
Mont Teavatiu994 m119 km
Tevaitiu964 m119 km
Feani984 m119 km
Mont Temeti1,213 m120 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Potainui.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
PapeeteFrench Polynesia26,3571,370 km
FaaaFrench Polynesia29,8511,374 km
PunaauiaFrench Polynesia25,7501,379 km
ApiaSamoa40,4073,490 km
HiloUnited States43,2633,645 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.