Omo'a Explained

Omo'a
Settlement Type:Town
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:Fatu Hiva
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:247
Coordinates:-10.5122°N -138.6828°W

Omo‘a (or Omoa) is the name of a small town and valley at the head of a bay by the same name, on Fatu Hiva.

The bay of Omo‘a is the southernmost bay on the western coast of Fatu Hiva, and provides a good anchorage. The village of Omo‘a was home to 247 inhabitants at the 2002 census. The village is home to the island's only Protestant church. The valley of Omo‘a is well-watered, and curves in a half-moon shape, first to the southeast, and then to the northeast, terminating at the island's central plateau. This is where Thor Heyerdahl and his wife came ashore in 1937, an experience recorded in his book Fatu Hiva.