Atuona
Related Category: Pacific Islands Political Geography
(ätwō´nə) or
Atuana(ätwä´nə), town, in the
Marquesas Islands, South Pacific, in
French Polynesia. Situated on the southern coast of the island of
Hiva Oa, Atuona overlooks the Bay of Traitors.
Gauguin lived in Atuona Valley and is buried there.
