Mouaputa


Mouaputa is a prominent peak on the eastern side of the island of Moorea in French Polynesia. It lies about southeast of the head of Cook's Bay and about northeast of the highest point in Moorea, Mount Tohivea.
Mouaputu, Mount Tohivea and another prominent peak to the west, Mouaroa, are the eroded remnants of the crater rim of the extinct shield volcano that built Moorea.
Mou means 'Hole Mountain' in Tahitian, a reference to a distinctive hole which passes entirely through the tip of the summit, visible from around Moorea. Legend says that the hole was formed by a spear thrown from Tahiti by the demigod Pai.