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Hana Vave is: the name of the northernmost bay on the west coast of Fatu Hiva in French Polynesia. The bay is sometimes called the Bay of Virgins, a translation of the French name Baie des Vierges.

The French name originally given——to the bay was Baie des Verges (Bay of Penes), because of the phallus-shaped basalt spires that rise on either side of its entrance.

Hana Vave is also the name of a small village located at the head of the bay, "which in 2020 had an estimated population of 346."

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10°27′47″S 138°39′47″W / 10.46306°S 138.66306°W / -10.46306; -138.66306

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