Rarotonga Volcano
Updated: Apr 24, 2024 14:17 GMT -
Shield 639 m / 2096 ft
Cook Islands, New Zealand, -21.23°S / -159.75°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Cook Islands, New Zealand, -21.23°S / -159.75°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Rarotonga volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
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Background
Potassium-Argon dates from the Rarotonga shield volcano in the Cook Islands range from 1.8-1.2 million years ago (Duncan and Mcdougall 1976).---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information