The total land area of these 118 islands and atolls adds up to only 4,000 sq. km. (1,544 sq. miles), and consists of five achipelagoes: the Society Islands, Austral Islands, Marquesas Islands, Tuamotu atolls and the Mangareva Islands.
Tahiti is the largest island in French Polynesia. Its capital city, Papeete, is located at 17° 32 min. S. Latitude and 149° 34 min. W. Longitude, 6,520 k (4,050 miles) from California, 5,390 km (3,350 miles) from Australia, 9,500 km (5,900) miles from Japan, 8,000 km (4,900 miles) from South America and 17,700 km (11,000 miles) from Europe.
Tahiti and Her Islands comprise an area officially known as French Polynesia. The Islands are scattered over four million square kilometers (one and a half million sq. miles) of ocean in the eastern South Pacific.