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Point Venus
Point Venus is peninsula on the north coast of Tahiti, the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia. It is in the commune of Mahina, approximately 8 km east of the capital Pape'ete. It lies at the northeast end of Matavai Bay. ==History== A primary objective of James Cook's first voyage, in , was to observe the 1769 Transit of Venus from the South Pacific. Tahiti, recently visited by Samuel Wallis in , was chosen for the observations. Cook anchored in Matavai Bay on 13 April 1769 and established an observatory, known as "Fort Venus", on Point Venus.
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