• Key Information

  • Bora_Bora

  • Type
    High (Volcanic) Island
  • Area
    11.8 sq mi
  • Highest Point
    Mount Otemanu, 2,385 ft
  • Learning Point
  • The Polynesian islands, including Bora Bora, are islands created by volcanic processes over a long time. Bora Bora is a high island, meaning that the volcano forms most of the island.
  • Bora Bora also has a barrier or fringing reef, and a lagoon. It is famous for being a beautiful vacation location.
  • Project
  • Draw your own holiday home at Bora Bora.
  • Location
  • Located in
    French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean
  • Fun Facts
  • High islands form when volcanoes reach above the surface of the ocean.
  • High islands are different to low islands which form when a coral reef is pushed up from below the ocean to rise above it.
  • While high islands usually have fresh water, low islands often don't.
  • The reef around Bora Bora also includes motus. A motu is a reef islet formed by broken coral and sand, surrounding an atoll.
  • Bora Bora used to have a queen called Teriimaevarua III, who was replaced by the French when they took the island in 1888.