# Hatutu

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{{Short description|Island in French Polynesia}}
{{Infobox islands
| name             = Hatutu (Hatuta‘a)
| local_name       = 
| map_image        = Nwmarqpic.png
| map_caption      = Image of northwestern Marquesas Islands. Hatutu is the center island.  ''Image courtesy of [Johnson Space Center](/source/Johnson_Space_Center).''
| location         = [South Pacific Ocean](/source/South_Pacific_Ocean)
| coordinates      = {{Coord|7.92|S|140.57|W|type:isle_region:PF|display=inline,title}}
| archipelago      = [Marquesas Islands](/source/Marquesas_Islands)
| waterbody        = 
| area_km2         = 18.1
| area_footnotes   = 
| coastline_km     = 
| coastline_footnotes = 
| elevation_m      = 428
| elevation_footnotes = 
| highest_mount    = 
| country          = [France](/source/France)
| country_admin_divisions_title = [Overseas country](/source/Overseas_country_of_France)
| country_admin_divisions       = [French Polynesia](/source/French_Polynesia)
| population       = 0<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ispf.pf/docs/default-source/rp2017/repart_poplegale_iles_2017_v3.pdf?sfvrsn=2 |title=Répartition de la population en Polynésie française en 2017 |publisher= Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française |url-status=dead |page=10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113154511/http://www.ispf.pf/docs/default-source/rp2017/repart_poplegale_iles_2017_v3.pdf?sfvrsn=2 |archive-date=13 November 2018}}</ref>
| population_as_of = 2017
| density_km2      = 0
}}

'''Hatutu''' (also called '''Hatuta‘a''') is a small island approximately 3&nbsp;km (2&nbsp;mi.) northeast of [Eiao](/source/Eiao) in the northern [Marquesas Islands](/source/Marquesas_Islands). It is approximately 3 km (2 mi) from Eiao by a channel 50 meters deep. It was also known as Hancock, Chanal, Langdon, and Nexsen.

Hatutu is administratively part of the [commune](/source/Communes_of_France) (municipality) of [Nuku-Hiva](/source/Nuku-Hiva), itself in the [administrative subdivision](/source/French_Polynesia) of the [Marquesas Islands](/source/Marquesas_Islands).

It consists of a high central ridge, which runs the full 6.5&nbsp;km (4&nbsp;mi.) length of the island. The ridge rises to heights up to 428 m (1,404&nbsp;ft.) above [sea level](/source/sea_level).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.environnement.pf/spip.php?rubrique62 |title=Hatutu |publisher=DIREN |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605120323/http://www.environnement.pf/spip.php?rubrique62 |archive-date=5 June 2013}}</ref> Its only anchorage point is in the south of the island for small ships.
thumb|Outline Map of Hatutu
The island was discovered by an American named Joseph Ingraham in April of 1791, and two months later by a Frenchman named Étienne Marchand. There has never been a permanent settlement on the island; however, in 1798, Edmund Fanning reported seeing smoke plumes, suggesting temporary settlement by native people.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-07-12 |title=Early Observations of Marquesan Culture, 1595–1813 |url=https://uapress.arizona.edu/book/early-observations-of-marquesan-culture-1595-1813 |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=UAPress |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1992, Hatutu was declared a [nature reserve](/source/nature_reserve):  the [Hatutu Nature Reserve](/source/Hatutu_Nature_Reserve).  

The island is an important nesting ground for [red-footed booby](/source/red-footed_booby), [black noddy](/source/black_noddy), [white tern](/source/white_tern), [great frigatebird](/source/great_frigatebird), and [masked booby](/source/masked_booby), and home to the endemic [northern Marquesan reed warbler](/source/northern_Marquesan_reed_warbler) and the [Marquesan ground dove](/source/Marquesan_ground_dove). It is also the largest breeding site of [Phoenix Petrel](/source/Phoenix_Petrel) in [French Polynesia](/source/French_Polynesia). Many native seabirds come to nest on the island throughout the year. The island is also plagued by [Polynesian rat](/source/Polynesian_rat) (Rattus exulans), a species introduced by humans sometime in the last several hundred years. The rats likely prey on native animals and plants, potentially changing the island's ecosystem dynamics.

==See also==
{{Portal|Islands}}
* [French Polynesia](/source/French_Polynesia)
* [Marquesan Nature Reserves](/source/Marquesan_Nature_Reserves)
* [Desert island](/source/Desert_island)
* [List of islands](/source/List_of_islands)

==References==
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{{Marquesas Islands}}

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Category:Islands of the Marquesas Islands
Category:Uninhabited islands of French Polynesia

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