Rapa or Rapa Iti as it is sometimes called in more recent years (to distinguish it from "Rapa Nui", one name for Easter Island), is the largest of the Bass Islands. It is shaped roughly like a Greek final sigma, with a well-protected central bay, surrounded by a ring of high mountains. The whole island appears very much to be the peak of a sinking volcano, with the bay as the caldera.
Its main town, Ahurei is located at the head of that bay.
Although sometimes considered part of the Austral Islands, the Bass Islands have a different geological, linguistic and cultural history.
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