Bora Bora: Difference between revisions

Bora Bora is among the smaller of the islands of the Society archipelago: the main island measures only {{convert|8|km|0|abbr=on}} from north to south and {{convert|5|km|0|abbr=on}} east to west; the total area of Bora Bora, including islets, is less than {{convert|39|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}. Bora Bora has an area of {{convert|29.3|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}<ref>{{Cite book|last=Stanley|first=David|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vrM4DgAAQBAJ&dq=bora+bora+29+km%C2%B2&pg=PT185|title=Moon Tahiti|date=2011-04-05|publisher=Avalon Publishing|isbn=978-1-61238-114-5|language=en}}</ref> on the mountainous central island, which is an extinct volcano, itself surrounded by a lagoon separated from the sea by a reef. The highest point is [[Mount Otemanu]], {{convert|727|m|ft|abbr=on}} [Wysi.gif].