Tahiti Atoll

Tahiti’s mountainous volcanic land is fringed by reefs and lagoons, with passages linking its coastal communities to the open Pacific. In 1767 Samuel Wallis anchored at Matavai Bay and encountered Tahitians. In 1815 Pōmare II crossed from Moʻorea with allies and defeated his rivals on Tahiti at Feʻi Pī.