Mangareva

Gambier Islands · French Polynesia

Mangareva, French Polynesia
Photo: NASA Johnson Space Center - Earth Sciences and Image Analysis, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

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The main island of the remote Gambier group, set within a vast lagoon strewn with reefs and motu. Its coral-stone cathedral of St. Michael reflects an intense 19th-century missionary history.

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