Motu Tapu, is a 0.026 square kilometres (0.010 sq mi) private island in the lagoon of Bora Bora in French Polynesia.

It is the located betweenTo'opua and the lagoon entrance Te Ava Nui Passage.

[1][2][3][4][5] In the 19th century, Tahitian queen Pōmare IV held Motu Tapu as her private beach.

[6] The name "Motu Tapu" means "Sacred island" in several Polynesian languages.

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