Oparo

Oparo, also known as Rapa Iti, is a mountainous island at the southeastern end of the Austral Islands. Its old volcanic rim is broken by the deep inlet of Ahurei Bay, while valleys descend from high ridges to the shore. Fortified sites on ridges and steep slopes recall the struggles of its Polynesian communities. In 1791 George Vancouver sighted Rapa during his Pacific voyage, giving Europeans their first recorded view of the island.