# Mouaroa

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{{Short description|Mountain in French Polynesia}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mouaroa
| image = Mouaroa, French Polynesia, December, 2011.jpg
| image_caption = Mouaroa from [Opunohu Bay](/source/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>
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| listing = [Mountains of French Polynesia](/source/List_of_mountains_in_French_Polynesia)
| location = French Polynesia
| map = French Polynesia#Pacific Ocean
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| coordinates = {{Coord|-17.5446358|-149.8488944|type:mountain_region:FR-PF|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = <ref name='osm' />
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| volcanic_zone = [Society hotspot](/source/Society_hotspot)
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'''Mouaroa''' (alternately spelled '''Mou{{'eta}}aroa''' or '''Mou{{'eta}}a Roa''') is a prominent peak near the center of [Moorea](/source/Moorea), an island in [French Polynesia](/source/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](/source/Opunohu_Bay) and about {{convert|2|km}} west of the highest point in Moorea, [Mount Tohivea](/source/Mount_Tohivea).

Mouaroa, Tohivea, and nearby [Mouaputa](/source/Mouaputa) - a similar prominent peak - are the eroded remnants of the crater rim of the extinct [shield volcano](/source/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](/source/Tahitian_language).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mount Mouaroa |url=https://wanderstories.space/mt-mouaroa/ |website=wanderstories.space |date=15 November 2019 }}</ref>

== References ==
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Category:Mountains of French Polynesia

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