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Bora Bora. Bora Bora, located about 160 miles northwest of Tahiti and approximately 2,600 miles south of Hawaii, was discovered in 1722, and is arguably the most beautiful island on the planet. Under the leadership of Admiral Abel Aubert Dupetit Thouars, Bora Bora was named a colony of France in 1842.
Bora Bora exemplifies what Charles Darwin called an almost atoll, a barrier reef island formed by an oceanic volcano with a fringing coral reef. Over the course of the years â¦ , as the surrounding coral reef grows upward, the island with the volcano sinks.