The mysterious Polynesian island jewel known as Tetiaroa is actually a 4.5 mile
wide atoll comprised of 12 motus (small islands) and located just 36.5 miles (59 km) north of Papeete, the capital of French Polynesia on the island of Tahiti.

Marlon Brando first "discovered" Tetiaroa in the early 1960's while scouting locations for
the classic film "Mutiny on the Bounty". (it was on that same shoot that he met his future wife, Tahitian beauty Tarita Teriipaia, who played the lover of his character.)