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-The '''Tubuai Islands''' or '''Austral Islands''' are a volcanic island group comprised of seven atolls, the biggest being six miles long. Two are inhabited. '''Tubuai''' is very fertile. Oranges, coffee, arrowroot, tobacco, and copra are grown. The climate is healthy and temperate. Population is abt. 2,400, mainly Polynesian people. <br>There are three branches of the LDS Church in the Austral Islands, and they are the earliest in the Pacific, dating back to 1844-1852.
+[[Image:Flag of austral islands.png|200px|left|thumb|The flag of the Austral Islands]]
-The islands are:
+The '''Austral Islands''' (French: ''Îles Australes'') are a volcanic island group comprised of seven atolls which are the southernmost group of islands in French Polynesia in the South Pacific.
-*'''Maria''' (''Hull'')
-*'''Rimatara'''
+Geographically, the Austral Islands consist of two separate archipelagos: the '''Tubuai Islands''' (French: ''Îles Tubuaï''), consisting of '''Îles Maria''' (''Hull''); '''Rimatara'''; '''Rurutu'''; '''Tubuai''' and '''Raivavae''' or '''Raevavae'''; and the '''Bass Islands''' (French: ''Îles Bass''), consisting of '''Rapa''' (''Oparo'') and '''Marotiri''' (''Bass''). Several of the islands have uninhabited islets or rocks off their coastlines.
-*'''Rurutu'''
-*'''Tubuai''''
+'''Tubuai''' is very fertile. Oranges, coffee, arrowroot, tobacco, and copra are grown. The climate is healthy and temperate. Population is about 2,400 and mainly consists of Polynesian people.
-*'''Raivavae'''
-*'''Rapa Islands
+There are three branches of the LDS Church in the Austral Islands, and they are the earliest in the Pacific, dating back to 1844-1852.
-*'''Rapa''' (''Oparo'')
-*'''Bass''' (''Marotiri'')
 === Historical background ===