Editing Rikitea (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Mont Duff AKK 051.jpg|right|thumb|Rikitea in the foreground and [[Mount Duff|Mont Duff]] in the background]]
Rikitea is a port town and tourist center situated on Mangareva Lagoon, which contains a number of [[Motu (geography)|motu]]. It is about {{convert|1650|km}} southeast of [[Tahiti]], to the North of the [[Tropic of Capricorn]]. The average elevation of the town is {{convert|8|m}}.{{Sfn|Kelly|2008|p=202}}{{Sfn|Brash|Carillet|2009|p=240}}<ref name="French"/><ref name=Britt>{{Cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/place/Gambier-Islands|title=Gambier Islands:Archipelago, French Polynesia|access-date=15 June 2015|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref>

The total population of the island was 1100 and most of them lived in Rikitea.{{Sfn|Stanley|1999|p=266}}

Two mountains, [[Mount Duff|Mt. Duff]] ({{convert|482|m}}) and [[Mont Mokoto|Mt. Mokoto]] ({{convert|426|m}}), which are approachable by trails, are north of the town.{{Sfn|Stanley|1999|p=266}}<ref name=Britt/> The climb to Duff's peak takes about 90 minutes. The stones found on the hill were used by the ethnic Mangarevans to predict weather and to look for boats headed for the island.{{Sfn|Brash|Carillet|2009|p=240}} The mountain is covered with tall aeho grass.{{Sfn|Stanley|1999|p=266}}