Mouaputa

{{Short description|Mountain in French Polynesia}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mouaputa | image = Mouaputa and Tohivea from Cooks Bay, 2025.jpg | image_caption = Mouaputa (left) and Mount Tohivea (right) as seen looking south from the shore of Cook's Bay | elevation_m = 830 | elevation_ref =<ref name='osm'>{{Cite web |title=Open Street Maps |date=3 August 2021 |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2091347157}}</ref> | prominence_m = | prominence_ref = | listing = Mountains of French Polynesia | location = French Polynesia | map = French Polynesia#Pacific Ocean | map_size = | label_position = | coordinates = {{Coord|-17.526293|-149.8032755|type:mountain_region:FR-PF|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref =<ref name='osm'></ref> | topo = | type = | age = | volcanic_zone = Society hotspot | last_eruption = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }}

<bdi>'''Mouaputa'''</bdi> (alternately spelled '''Mou{{'eta}}aputa''') is a prominent peak on the eastern side of the island of Moorea in French Polynesia. It lies about {{convert|3|km}} southeast of the head of Cook's Bay and about {{convert|3|km}} northeast of the highest point in Moorea, Mount Tohivea.

Mouaputu, Mount Tohivea and another prominent peak to the west, Mouaroa, are the eroded remnants of the crater rim of the extinct shield volcano that built Moorea.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Tahiti and French Polynesia |date=2009 |publisher=Fodor, Random House |isbn=978-1-4000-0683-0 |edition=1st |location=New York |pages=68}}</ref>

{{lang|ty|Mou{{'eta}}a Puta}} means 'Hole Mountain' in Tahitian, a reference to a distinctive hole which passes entirely through the tip of the summit, visible from around Moorea. Legend says that the hole was formed by a spear thrown from Tahiti by the demigod Pai.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mount Mouaputa |url=https://wanderstories.space/mount-mouaputa/ |website=wanderstories.space |date=13 November 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Stanley |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EDGapfBX-CAC&q=mouaputa |title=Moon Handbooks South Pacific |publisher=Avalon Travel Publishing |year=2004 |isbn=1-56691-411-6 |edition=8th |location=Emeryville, California |pages=186}}</ref>

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Category:Mountains of French Polynesia