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Marquesas Islands

island group in French Polynesia

🇫🇷 France · -8.9000, -139.6000

Marquesas Islands is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia article of 1 production — in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.

“The scenes depicting Heyerdahl's experiences on Fatu Hiva were shot in Thailand with Thai extras who do not resemble native Polynesians, and who are shown holding compound spears not typical of the Marquesas Islands, and weaving rattan baskets, of which neither the technique nor the plant material are native to French Polynesia.”
Kon-Tiki (2012) · Wikipedia

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Marquesas Islands
Photo: Sémhur ·✉·✍· · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Marquesas Islands as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

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Frequently asked questions

What was filmed at Marquesas Islands?

1 production is recorded as filmed at Marquesas Islands, including Kon-Tiki (2012). 1 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Where is Marquesas Islands?

Marquesas Islands is in France, at -8.9000, -139.6000.

Where does this information come from?

Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Sémhur ·✉·✍·, CC BY-SA 3.0.