Tetiaroa, Private atoll in Windward Islands, French Polynesia

Tetiaroa forms a circular ring of twelve small coral islets surrounding a shallow lagoon in the South Pacific. The inner water stretches roughly seven kilometers across, while each individual islet features pale sand and low palms.

Tetiʻaroa served the chiefs of Pare-'Arue and later the Pōmare Dynasty as a retreat for song, dance, fishing and feasting, where the ariori practised haʻaporiʻa. In 1789 William Bligh is said to have been the first European to visit, seeking early mutineers before the Bounty sailed; the United States Exploring Expedition came on 10 September 1839. In 1904 the royal family sold the atoll to Johnston Walter Williams, Tahiti's only dentist, who ran it as a copra plantation.

On Motu Onetahi, archaeologist Pierre Vérin uncovered the marae of Puna'ia in 1962; Bishop Museum teams cleared its structures in 1973 and dated them to the 17th–18th centuries, describing two marae built into each other. Marae also stand on Rimatuu, and Tiaraunu has a platform described as an archers' platform.

Access is only by small plane from Papeete Airport to a private airstrip on one of the islets. From there, boats take visitors to other areas within the lagoon.

The 1980 maxi yacht Condor of Bermuda ran aground on the Onetahi reef and was written off by insurers. Brando and the owner reportedly bid against each other for the polished mahogany hull, which Brando wanted as a bar in a planned resort. The yacht was salvaged and sent to New Zealand for repair.