Mute Island
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Geography | |
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Location | Pacific Ocean |
Coordinates | Coordinates: 16°26′35″S 151°45′07″W / 16.443°S 151.752°W |
Archipelago | Society Islands |
Area | 1.203 km2 (0.464 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Administration | |
France | |
Commune | Bora Bora Commune |
Island Group | Bora Bora |
Largest settlement | Mute (pop. 2 inhabitants) |
Demographics | |
Population | 2 (2016) |
Pop. density | 1.66/km2 (4.3/sq mi) |
Motu Mute is a 1.2 km2 (0 sq mi) island in the Bora Bora Islands Group, within the Society Islands of French Polynesia. It is the located between , and .
The Island is the location of the Bora Bora Airport, with the runway starts and ends directly on the water. The airfield has a modern handling building in a local style. It is located directly on the beach of the lagoon and is connected to a pier, on which the ferry goes to Vaitape, the main town of the island.
Administration[]
The island is part of Bora Bora Commune. Its current population includes the family operating the Rent-a-boat office.
Tourism[]
Muri Muri Point Dive Spot[]
Also known as the 'White Valley' this ocean dive takes you down 60–120 feet in exquisite, transparent, royal-blue water. You dive above a large coral plateau that leads to a sand bank. Grey sharks, turtles, tuna, jacks, giant barracuda and dolphins regularly visit this deep water section of the coral reef.
Paharire Point[]
This is the northernmost point in Bora Bora, with a wonderful beach (although limited in access).
Transportation[]
After arriving in Fa'a'ā International Airport, an Air Tahiti inter-island flight (50 minutes) will bring you to Bora Bora Airport.
You will need to board the airline's catamaran shuttle to Vaitape, where you take a boat to Ahuna.
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Mute Island
Mute Island
Mute Island
References[]
External links[]
- Bora Bora
- French Polynesia geography stubs