Hiva Oa topographic maps

It is a high island, with its highest elevation (520 meters) in the south, and its overall shape resembles the back of a whale.

Average elevation: 41 m

The island is essentially a huge rock, looming steep-sided out of the ocean and rising to a flattened plateau with a maximum elevation of 361 metres (1,184 ft). Fatu Huku is the youngest of the volcanic Marquesas Islands, estimated to be only 1.3 million years old which accounts, in part, for its ruggedness as…

Average elevation: 8 m

Average elevation: 19 m