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Fare Rupe

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The place

Fare Rupe ("Cliff house" in Tahitian) in the Papenoo valley, island of Tahiti (French Polynesia, France), at 646 m elevation, within Tahiti's interior volcanic crater. Part of the continuous French Polynesia cluster (batches 252+255). COUNTRY ANOMALY: French Polynesia is absent from the database (to be added, possibly under FR). "Fare" means house in Tahitian. A traditional Polynesian cabin on the approach routes to Mount Orohena (2241 m, French Polynesia's highest peak). Rainforest of Metrosideros collina and tree ferns.

The setting

Papenoo valley, Tahiti, French Polynesia, 646 m, volcanic crater, continuous cluster batches 252-255, Orohena 2241 m highest peak in FP, Metrosideros collina/tree ferns, ANOMALY FP absent.