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Raivavae
Raivavae is an island that is part of the Austral Islands in French Polynesia.
It covers an area of 16 km² and at the 2012 census had a population of 940. Its highest point is the top of an extinct volcano which is 437 meters high.
==History==
First sighting by Europeans was recorded by the Spanish naval officer Tomás Gayangos on board of the frigate "El Aguila" on 5 February 1775. Gayangos had taken over the command of the expedition of Domingo de Bonechea of 1774 after his death in Tahiti and was returning to the Viceroyalty of Peru. Main source describing this sighting is that of José Andía y Varela, pilot of the packet boat "Jupiter" that accompanied "El Aguila" in this return trip. On 6 February a boat was sent in, and made contact with the inhabitants at the shore edge, but landing was not made. Raivavae was charted as ''Santa Rosa'' by the Spaniards. The inhabitants said the name of their island was ''Oraibaba''.〔Andía y Varela, José ''Relación del viaje hecho a la isla de Amat, por otro nombre Otahiti, y descubrimiento de las islas adyacentes en los años 1774 y 1775'', Barcelona, 1947, p.83〕〔Sharp, Andrew ''The discovery of the Pacific Islands'' Oxford, 1960, p.126,127〕〔Corney, Bolton Granvill ''The quest and occupation of Tahiti by emissaries of Spain during the years 1772-1776'', London, 1913, Vol I, p.XLVII〕
It was annexed by France in 1880.
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