Mute Island

Mute Island

Mute Island.
Geography
Location	Pacific Ocean
Coordinates
Archipelago	Society Islands
Area	1.203 km2 (0.464 sq mi)
Highest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Administration
France
Commune	Bora Bora Commune
Island Group	Bora Bora
Largest settlement	Mute (pop. 2 inhabitants)
Demographics
Population	2 (2016)
Pop. density	1.66/km2 (4.3/sq mi)

Motu Mute is a 1.2 km² (0 sq mi) island in the Bora Bora Islands Group, within the Society Islands of French Polynesia. It is the located between Havae and Tooparopae.

The Island is the location of the Bora Bora Airport, with the runway starts and ends directly on the water. The airfield has a modern handling building in a local style. It is located directly on the beach of the lagoon and is connected to a pier, on which the ferry goes to Vaitape, the main town of the island.

Administration

The island is part of Bora Bora Commune. Its current population includes the family operating the Rent-a-boat office.

Tourism

Muri Muri Point Dive Spot

Also known as the 'White Valley' this ocean dive takes you down 60–120 feet in exquisite, transparent, royal-blue water. You dive above a large coral plateau that leads to a sand bank. Grey sharks, turtles, tuna, jacks, giant barracuda and dolphins regularly visit this deep water section of the coral reef.

Paharire Point

This is the northernmost point in Bora Bora, with a wonderful beach (although limited in access).

Transportation

After arriving in Fa'a'ā International Airport, an Air Tahiti inter-island flight (50 minutes) will bring you to Bora Bora Airport.

You will need to board the airline's catamaran shuttle to Vaitape, where you take a boat to Ahuna.

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