Gambier Islands

E150157

The Gambier Islands are a remote archipelago in French Polynesia known for their rugged volcanic landscapes, pearl farming, and role as a historical Catholic mission center in the South Pacific.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago ⓘ
island group ⓘ
adminCenter Rikitea ⓘ
administrativeSubdivision Îles Gambier commune ⓘ
linked to: Gambier Islands
airport Totegegie Airport ⓘ
capital Rikitea ⓘ
climate tropical maritime climate ⓘ
country France ⓘ
discoveredBy James Wilson ⓘ
discoveryYear 1797 ⓘ
distanceFromTahiti about 1,600 km southeast of Tahiti ⓘ
geologicalOrigin volcanic ⓘ
hasFeature fringing reefs ⓘ
lagoon ⓘ
rugged volcanic landscapes ⓘ
hasIsland Agakauitai ⓘ
linked to: Angakauitai

Akamaru ⓘ
Angakauitai ⓘ
Aukena ⓘ
Kamaka ⓘ
Kouaku ⓘ
Makaroa ⓘ
Mangaia (Gambier Islands) ⓘ
linked to: Gambier Islands

Mangareva ⓘ
Manui ⓘ
Mekiro ⓘ
Moru (Gambier Islands) ⓘ
Puaumu ⓘ
Tarauru-Roa ⓘ
Taravai ⓘ
Tauna ⓘ
Tepapuri ⓘ
Totegegie ⓘ
hasReligionSite St. Michael’s Cathedral, Rikitea ⓘ
historicalRole Catholic mission center in the South Pacific ⓘ
languageSpoken French ⓘ
Mangarevan ⓘ
linked to: Mangarevans

Tahitian ⓘ
largestIsland Mangareva ⓘ
locatedIn Polynesia ⓘ
South Pacific Ocean ⓘ
majorEconomicActivity black pearl cultivation ⓘ
pearl farming ⓘ
missionaryOrderActive Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary ⓘ
Picpus Fathers ⓘ
namedAfter James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier ⓘ
linked to: James Gambier
partOf French Polynesia ⓘ
Overseas collectivity of French Polynesia ⓘ
linked to: French Polynesia

Tuamotu-Gambier administrative subdivision ⓘ
linked to: Tuamotu Archipelago
population approximately 1,500 (early 21st century) ⓘ
religionHistoricallySignificant Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sovereignState France ⓘ
timeZone UTC−09:00 ⓘ

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Referenced by (73)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Polynesia → hasPart → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Mangarevan language group → spokenIn → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Mangarevan language group → region → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Marquesic languages → hasRegion → Gambier Islands ⓘ
French Polynesia → contains → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Gambier Islands culture → locatedIn → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Gambier Islands → hasIsland → Mangaia (Gambier Islands) ⓘ
linked to: Gambier Islands
Gambier Islands → administrativeSubdivision → Îles Gambier commune ⓘ
linked to: Gambier Islands
Mangarevans → ethnicGroupOf → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Mangarevans → archipelago → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Mangareva → locatedIn → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Mangareva → partOf → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Mangareva → capitalOf → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Mangareva → wasCulturalCenterOf → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Mangareva → wasReligiousCenterOf → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Mangareva → hasArchipelago → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Eastern Polynesian subgroup → spokenIn → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Reo Tahiti → spokenIn → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Rikitea → locatedIn → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Rikitea → administrativeCenterOf → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Aukena → locatedIn → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Aukena → partOfArchipelago → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Akamaru → locatedIn → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Akamaru → partOf → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Taravai → locatedIn → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Taravai → partOf → Gambier Islands archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Gambier Islands
Taravai → archipelago → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Makaroa → locatedIn → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Makaroa → archipelago → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Makaroa → partOf → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Makaroa → islandGroup → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Manui → locatedIn → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Manui → partOf → Gambier Islands archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Gambier Islands
Manui → archipelago → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Angakauitai → locatedIn → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Angakauitai → partOf → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Angakauitai → archipelago → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Angakauitai → islandGroup → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Mekiro → partOf → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Mekiro → archipelago → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Mekiro → islandGroup → Gambier Islands archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Gambier Islands
Kouaku → locatedIn → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Kouaku → partOf → Gambier Islands archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Gambier Islands
Kouaku → archipelago → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Tauna → locatedIn → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Tauna → partOf → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Totegegie → locatedIn → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Totegegie Airport → locatedIn → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Totegegie Airport → serves → Gambier Islands ⓘ
Totegegie Airport → isMainAirGatewayFor → Gambier Islands ⓘ