Moorea, French Polynesia

Mo'orea is a high island in French Polynesia, one of the Windward Islands, some piece of the Society Islands, 17 kilometers (11 mi) northwest of Tahiti. The genuine spelling of Mo'orea is Mo'ore'a, which signifies "yellow reptile" in Tahitian: Mo'o = reptile ; Re'a = Yellow. A more established name for the island is 'Aimeho, now and then spelled 'Aimeo or 'Eimeo (in addition to different spellings misjudged by right on time guests with no information of the dialect). Early Western pilgrims and voyagers likewise alluded to Mo'orea as York Island. 

Mo'orea is around 10 miles in width from the west to the east. There are two little, almost symmetrical narrows on the north shore. The one to the west is called 'Ōpūnohu Bay which isn't exceptionally populated yet numerous voyagers have come into the sound. The primary encompassing communities of the straight are Piha'ena in the east and Papetō'ai to the west. The one to the east is Cook's Bay, additionally called Pao Bay since the biggest collective of Mo'orea is at the base of the cove. Alternate communities are Piha'ena to the west and occupied Maharepa to the east. The most noteworthy point is Mount Tohi'e'a, close to the core of Mo'orea. It overwhelms the vista from the two narrows and could be seen from Tahiti. There are likewise trekking trails in the mountains. The Vai'are Bay is an alternate little gulf, more modest than the two primary coves, on the east shore. This narrows has been settled a ton and has a great deal of business. The principle town is spotted simply south of the inlet. 

From over, the state of the island enigmatically takes after a heart, with its two almost symmetrical coves opening to the north side of the island: Cook's (or Paopao) Bay and 'Ōpūnohu Bay. The island was shaped as a fountain of liquid magma 1.5 to 2.5 million years back, the aftereffect of a geologic hotspot in the mantle under the maritime plate that framed the entire of the Society Archipelago. It is estimated that the flow narrows were in the past stream bowls that filled amid the Holocene sea.