Hokatu | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Marquesas Islands |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Marquesas Islands |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | France |
Subdivision Type1: | Overseas collectivity |
Subdivision Name1: | French Polynesia |
Subdivision Type2: | Territory |
Subdivision Type3: | Island |
Subdivision Name3: | Ua Huka |
Coordinates: | -8.93°N -139.5264°W |
Hokatu is a village on the island of Ua Huka in the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia.
Hokatu is the smallest of the three villages on the island, and lies three kilometers to the southeast of Hane. Its bay has good anchorage in a small natural harbor and is visited by the Aranui 3. Hokatu is well known for its woodcarvers and contains a craft center where you can purchase the products of the inhabitants, along with three museums which open during tourist season. Nearby the village, at the bottom of the valley, there lie the foundations of an ancient settlement known as a paepae.