Authorities in French Polynesia have issued a tsunami alert for the Marquesas Islands following a massive earthquake off ...

Tsunami waves hit the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia, following an 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Russia. While initial ...

A massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake, one of the most powerful ever recorded, struck Russia's Far East early on Wednesday, ...

The shallow quake damaged buildings and injured several people in the remote Russian region, while much of Japan's eastern ...

PARIS (Reuters) -Authorities in French Polynesia warned the population of several of the Marquesas Islands to expect tsunami waves up to four metres high in the early hours of Wednesday morning after ...

After receiving a Tsunami alert in the Marquesas Islands, French Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu said that the military in French Polynesia is on standby to help with rescue operations or medical ...

Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia: How to get to the world's most remote islands Sue Williams March 5, 2016 — 12.15am Normal text size Larger text size Very large text size ...

Going ashore, we learn the Marquesas have, in fact, a long human history, beginning with the arrival of Polynesians from other South Pacific islands as early as 500 B.C.

Reporting from Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands — The tale is told that 23-year-old Herman Melville jumped ship when he visited the Marquesas Islands in 1842. Melville, who would eventually write ...

At their first contact with Europeans in the 16th century, the Marquesas was home to an estimated 100,000 people. Today there are only about 8,000 islanders scattered on the six inhabited islands.

The Marquesas have only black-sand beaches and few of them. Their seas teem with sharks, and the islands have an arrogant grandeur, that makes no immediate effort to seduce.

Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands. Shutterstock Although there's capacity for 250 passengers on board the Aranui 5, it's easy to escape into my own corner of the Marquesas.