{{Short description|Mountain in Tahiti, French Polynesia}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Pito Hiti | image = File:Orohena, Pito Hiti et Aorai.jpg | image_caption = Aerial view with Piti Hiti on the right | elevation_m = 2110 | elevation_ref = <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/carte?c=-149.464445,-17.615679&z=5.0E-5&l0=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS::GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&permalink=yes |title=Classic IGN Map |publisher=Geoportail |date= |access-date=18 December 2022}}</ref> | prominence = | location = French Polynesia | map = | map_size = | label_position = | coordinates = {{Coord|-17.614278|-149.46386|type:mountain_region:FR-PF|display=inline,title}} | range_coordinates = | coordinates_ref = | topo = | type = | age = | volcanic_zone = Society hotspot | last_eruption = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }} '''Pito Hiti''' or '''Pito Iti''' is the second highest peak on the island of Tahiti in French Polynesia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://welcome-tahiti.com/te-faaiti-a-hike-through-the-territorial-park/?v=8e3eb2c69a18 |title=Te Faaiti, a hike through the territorial park |publisher=Welcome Tahiti |date=26 October 2018 |access-date=18 December 2022}}</ref> Its elevation is {{convert|2110|m|ft|0}}.
The name Pito Hiti comes from hiti, meaning in Tahitian "to get up", but since the "h" is not pronounced in French, his name is sometimes written Pito Iti which literally means in Tahitian "little navel".
According to Tahitian legend the island was once inundated, with only Pito Hiti above the waves.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-EllPol-EllPol1-c15.html |title= Polynesian Researches |author=William Ellis |publisher=HENRY G. BOHN |location=Covent Garden |year=1859 |volume=1 |pages=387–388 |access-date=18 December 2022 |via=NZETC}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.sav.sk/journals/uploads/040214187_Buckova.pdf |title=DELUGE IN POLYNESIAN MYTHOLOGY |last1=Bůčková |first1=Martina |journal=Asian and African Studies |volume=13 |issue= |year=2004 |pages=192–193 |access-date=18 December 2022}}</ref>
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Category:Mountains of French Polynesia Category:Mountains of Tahiti
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