Moua Pihaa
Stratovolcano · France · 312m (submarine)
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- France
- Region
- Southern Pacific Volcanic Regions / Society Islands Hotspot Volcano Group
- Elevation
- 312m (submarine)
- Coordinates
- -18.325, -148.525
- Last eruption
- 1970
- Tectonic setting
- Intraplate / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Trachybasalt / Tephrite Basanite
Geological summary
Moua Pihaa is a massive, steep-sided submarine volcano that rises to within 160 m of the ocean surface SW of Mehetia Island. It is the largest of a group of seamounts along the Society Island hot spot chain near Mehetia and Tahiti Islands and rises 3,500 m above the seafloor. It displayed seismicity in 1969 and 1970 considered to have been related to submarine eruptions (Talandier and Custer, 1976).
From Wikipedia
Moua Pihaa is a submarine volcano in French Polynesia. It is located southwest of Mehetia in the Society Islands, and is the largest of a group of seamounts stretching between Mehetia and Tahiti. The volcano's summit is 160m below sea level.
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Eruption history
Detailed timeline
- 1970VEI 0Observed1970-06-21 – 1970-06-23
- 1969VEI 0Observed1969-04-22 – 1969-04-29
External links
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