Fatu Hiva

sopka (bez známé erupce za posledních ~12 000 let), France, Southern Pacific Volcanic Regions

Kde

France, Southern Pacific Volcanic Regions

Typ (GVP)

Shield

Nadmořská výška

955 m

Poloha

-10,470°, -138,650°

Fatu Hiva is the SE-most and youngest of the Marquesas Islands. Potassium-Argon dates for the island, a shield volcano with a large summit caldera truncated on the west, range from 1.39-1.30 million years ago (Duncan and Mcdougall, 1974).

Text: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.

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