France · Compound volcano
Teahitia
- Type
- Compound volcano
- Elevation
- 1743m (submarine)
- Last eruption
- 1985
- Type
- Compound volcano
- Country
- France
- Region
- Southern Pacific / Society Islands Hotspot Volcano Group
- Elevation
- 1743m (submarine)
- Coordinates
- -17.564, -148.821
- Last eruption
- 1985
- Tectonic setting
- Intraplate / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Trachybasalt / Tephrite basanite
Geological summary
Teahitia is a submarine volcano in the Society Islands whose summit reaches to within ~1,700 m of the surface, 40 km NE of the SE tip of Tahiti Island.
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From Wikipedia
Teahitiʻa is a submarine volcano, located 40 km (25 mi) northeast of the southeast tip of Tahiti of the Society Islands in the Pacific Ocean, with its peak 1450 meters below the water surface. It belongs to the Society hotspot which is associated at this point in time with the South Pacific superswell. Teahitiʻa's last eruption occurred in 1985.
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Eruption history
4 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 4
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 1982 – 1985
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 0 (1985, the most recent of 4)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 4
Summary (VEI over time)
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Detailed timeline
- 1985VEI 0Observed1985-01-10 – 1985-01-25
- 1983VEI 0Observed1983-07-12 – 1983-07-26
- 1983VEI 0Observed1983-12-18 – 1984-07-14
- 1982VEI 0Observed1982-03-16 – 1982-05-19
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