"Pointe Venus is a small cape in the north of the island of Tahiti. Administratively, it is located in the municipality of Mahina. This is the northernmost point of the island. It is bordered to the west by the bay of Matavai.
Pointe Venus is a Cape of Tahiti, its name was given to it following the landing of James Cook in anticipation of the observation of the transit of Venus in 1769.
In 1769, James Cook's Endeavor anchored in the bay on its first voyage to observe the transit of Venus which is expected on June 3. The crew landed on the cape and had a small fort built there so that the observations could benefit from good conditions.
HMS Bounty anchored in Matavai Bay on October 26, 1788. The first English Protestant missionaries sent by the London Missionary Society also anchored there on March 5, 1797.
In 1866, a lighthouse was built there to mark the north of the island of Tahiti. It was inaugurated in 1868."