Eimeo

Eimeo (called by the French Moorca), one of the French Society Islands, in the Pacific Ocean, about 10 miles WNW. of Tahiti, the principal member of the group. Area, 51 sq. m.; pop. about 1500. It consists of deep valleys and abrupt hills—the former well cultivated, and the latter heavily timbered. Here Christianity was first introduced in Polynesia; and here the South Sea College of the London Missionary Society was established. Most of the natives are Protestants.