{{Short description|Mountain in French Polynesia}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mouaroa | image = Mouaroa, French Polynesia, December, 2011.jpg | image_caption = Mouaroa from Opunohu Bay | elevation_m = 880 | elevation_ref = <ref name='osm'>{{Cite web |title=Open Street Maps |date=3 August 2021 |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2091303454}}</ref> | prominence_m = | prominence_ref = | listing = Mountains of French Polynesia | location = French Polynesia | map = French Polynesia#Pacific Ocean | map_size = | label_position = | coordinates = {{Coord|-17.5446358|-149.8488944|type:mountain_region:FR-PF|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name='osm' /> | topo = | type = | age = | volcanic_zone = Society hotspot | last_eruption = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }}
'''Mouaroa''' (alternately spelled '''Mou{{'eta}}aroa''' or '''Mou{{'eta}}a Roa''') is a prominent peak near the center of Moorea, an island in French Polynesia in the central Pacific Ocean. Described as being "shark-tooth-shaped",<ref name=Moon>{{Cite book |last=Stanley |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EDGapfBX-CAC&q=mouaroa |title=Moon Handbooks South Pacific |publisher=Avalon Travel Publishing |year=2004 |isbn=1-56691-411-6 |edition=8th |location=Emeryville, California |pages=186}}</ref> Mouaroa stands about {{convert|3|km}} south of the head of Opunohu Bay and about {{convert|2|km}} west of the highest point in Moorea, Mount Tohivea.
Mouaroa, Tohivea, and nearby Mouaputa - a similar prominent peak - 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><ref name=Moon />
{{lang|ty|Mou{{'eta}}a Roa}} means 'Great Mountain' in Tahitian.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mount Mouaroa |url=https://wanderstories.space/mt-mouaroa/ |website=wanderstories.space |date=15 November 2019 }}</ref>
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Category:Mountains of French Polynesia