Tubuai (Austral Islands)

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Tubuai is a the name of a group of islands and also the name of its main island, being part of the Austral Islands, French Polynesia, in the Pacific Ocean. Tubuai, the main island of the Tubuai Island group, is located at 23° 23′ 00″ S, 149° 27′ 00″ W. It is 640 km south of Tahiti.

Population: 2,049. Area: 45 km².

Tubuai was annexed by France in 1881.

Tubuai is portrayed as an island of cannibals in one of the movie versions of Mutiny on the Bounty.

See also: Islands controlled by France in the Indian and Pacific oceans

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