Tahiti-Nui

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

1 631 m

Poloha

-17,696°, -149,523°

Tahiti-Nui is the larger of two coalescing shield volcanoes forming the island of Tahiti. Much of the original volcano is intact; the central caldera is drained to the north by the Papenoo River. Potassium-Argon dates range from 1.23-0.48 million years ago (Duncan and Mcdougall, 1976).

Text: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.

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