Moho Tani
Moho Tani (sometimes also called Motane) is a small island southeast of Hiva ‘Oa in the southern Marquesas Islands. Much of the island's sparse vegetation has been destroyed by feral goats and sheep, to the extent that following its rare rains, the sea around it is stained red from runoff.
It is reported that at one time the island was inhabited by a clan of called the Moi a Tiu, but that population has long since been wiped out by disease and war, the few survivors having departed for Hiva ‘Oa.
In 1992, the island and its surrounding smaller islands were officially protected by the declaration of the Motane Nature Reserve.
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Christian, F.W. Eastern Pacific Lands, Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands. London, 1910.
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