Mehetiʻa or Meʻetiʻa is a volcanic island in the Windward Islands, in the east of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. It is a very young active stratovolcano 110 kilometres (68 mi) east of the Taiarapu Peninsula of Tahiti. It belongs to the Teahitiʻa -Mehetia hotspot. [1]

The 1.5-km-wide, steep-sided island of Mehetia (known as Meetia or Meketia in the Tahitian and Tuamotuan languages, respectively), the youngest and SE-most of the Society Islands, lacks a well-developed fringing coral reef. The ~400-m-high island is the summit of a large volcano that rises 4,000 m from the sea floor.

梅海蒂亚岛（Mehetia，亦作Mehetiʻa、Meʻetiʻa、Meetia）是南太平洋 法属波利尼西亚的岛屿，属于社会群岛（向风群岛）的一部分，由东塔亚拉普市镇管辖；面积2.3平方公里，最高点法鲁拉山海拔高度435米；岛上无人居住。

2025年3月22日 · The 435-m-high island (known as Meetia or Meketia in the Tahitian and Tuamotuan languages, respectively) is the summit of a large volcano that rises 4000 m from the sea floor. An older edifice is formed of a lava flow sequence overlain by hydromagmatic deposits and strombolian ejecta.

Mehetia, située dans l' océan Pacifique, fait partie de la Polynésie française, dans les îles de la Société, plus précisément dans les îles du Vent 6. Constituant l'île la plus orientale de ce dernier archipel, elle se situe à 111 km à l'est de Tahiti 1. L'île fait partie de la commune de Taiarapu-Est mais elle est aujourd'hui presque inhabitée.

1993年3月1日 · Mehetia is the youngest island of the Society hot-spot chain, representing the summit of a large submarine volcanic edifice (4035 m in height). Its conical shape results from strombolian-type eruptions. Mehetia comprises two major volcanic formations.

The 1.5-km-wide, steep-sided island of Mehetia (known as Meetia or Meketia in the Tahitian and Tuamotuan languages, respectively), the youngest and SE-most of the Society Islands, lacks a well-developed fringing coral reef. The ~400-m-high island is the summit of a large volcano that rises 4,000 m from the sea floor.

Mehetia Island is the summit of a volcano which rises 4000 m from the sea floor. The volcano is located 113 km east of Tahiti and forms a 1.5 km wide island. The summit contains a 150 m wide and 80 m deep crater. There are no historic eruptions at Mehetia Island despite young volcanic landforms such as a well-preserved crater and lava flows.

2010年7月6日 · The 1.5-km-wide, steep-sided island of Mehetia, the youngest and SE-most of the Society Islands, lacks a well-developed fringing coral reef. The 435-m-high island (known as Meetia or Meketia in the Tahitian and Tuamotuan languages, respectively) is the summit of a large volcano that rises 4000 m from the sea floor.

2020年8月4日 · Mehetia Island is a volcanic island 110km southeast of Tahiti. Its area is 2.3 km2. Length / width are 1.8km by 1.5km. The height is as much as 435m, which is big for an island of that area. The island literally looks like an ingrown volcano. There is no beach, no lagoon, it rises high immediately.