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Mehetia
Meheti'a or Me'eti'a is a volcanic island in the Windward Islands, in the east of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. This island is a very young active stratovolcano east of the Taiarapu Peninsula of Tahiti. It belongs to the Teahiti'a-Mehetia hotspot. The island has an area of and its highest point is 435 metres (1,427 ft). Meheti'a's well-defined volcanic crater contains a very active hot point. In 1981 the island was the centre of earthquakes. ==History== The first European sighting was by the Spanish expedition of Pedro Fernández de Quirós on 9 February 1606, that charted it as ''Decena'' (ten in Spanish).〔Corney, Bolton Granvill ''The quest and occupation of Tahiti by emissaries of Spain during the years 1772-1776'', London, 1913, Vol I, p.XXX〕 Later on it was sighted by Samuel Wallis in HMS Dolphin 1767. It was also sighted by Spanish navigator Domingo de Boenechea on November 6, 1772 on ship ''Aguila''. He named this island ''San Cristóbal''.
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