Tahiti-Nui Volcano
Updated: Apr 19, 2024 03:46 GMT -
Shield 1631 m / 5351 ft
Tahiti, France, -17.7°S / -149.52°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Tahiti, France, -17.7°S / -149.52°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Tahiti-Nui volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
Latest nearby earthquakes
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Background
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).---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information