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{{Short description|Mountain in French Polynesia}}
[[File:Ua Pou - Tapageuse.jpg|thumb|right]]
'''Mount Oave''' ({{langx|fr|Mont Oave}}) is a mountain and the highest point of the [[Marquesas Islands]] of [[French Polynesia]]. Oave is a volcanic mountain, located on [[Ua Pou]] island at {{convert|1230|m|ft}} above sea level.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.polynesie-francaise.pref.gouv.fr/hc/iles-marquises/dossiers.asp|title=Iles-marquises|publisher=Communes des Îles Marquises, Government of French Polynesia|accessdate=14 July 2013|language=French|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209074122/http://www.polynesie-francaise.pref.gouv.fr/hc/iles-marquises/dossiers.asp|archivedate=9 December 2008}}</ref>
==Topography==
The summit is a [[basalt]] pillar. With a [[topographic isolation]] of {{convert|846|km|mi}}, it is the 55th most isolated peak in the world.<ref name="Adam2005">{{cite book|author=Helman, Adam|title=The Finest Peaks: Prominence and Other Mountain Measures|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kr8AM-w8IFQC|year=2005|publisher=Trafford Publishing|isbn=978-1-4120-5995-4}}</ref>
==Culture==
The mountain was featured on French [[postage stamp]]s in 1979 and 1985.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mountainstamp.com/France%20Polynesia%20pages/Ua%20Pou.html|accessdate=14 July 2013|title=French Polynesia|publisher=Mountainstamp.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413224751/http://www.mountainstamp.com/France%20Polynesia%20pages/Ua%20Pou.html|archive-date=13 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Mountains of French Polynesia|Oave]]
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