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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 in French Polynesia.

Elevation
878 m
Approximate elevation, from a digital elevation model
World rank
#13,719
of 14,627 listed

Where it is

Potainui lies in French Polynesia, in Marquesas Islands.

Key facts

Elevation
878 m
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 14,627
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

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.

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.