Chile · Shield volcano
Easter Island
Rapa Nui
- Type
- Shield volcano
- Elevation
- 501m
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Type
- Shield volcano
- Country
- Chile
- Region
- Southern Pacific / Salas y Gómez Ridge Volcano Group
- Elevation
- 501m
- Coordinates
- -27.114, -109.356
- Last eruption
- Unknown
- Tectonic setting
- Rift zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
- Landform
- Shield
- Major rock type
- Basalt / Picro-basalt
Geological summary
The triangular Rapa Nui (also known as Isla de Pascua, or Easter Island), is renowned for its dramatic megalithic statues of hand-carved basalt.
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From Wikipedia
Easter Island is an island and special territory of Chile in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania. The island is renowned for its nearly 1,000 extant monumental statues, called moai, which were created by the early Rapa Nui people. In 1995, UNESCO named Easter Island a World Heritage Site, with much of the island protected within Rapa Nui National Park. Easter Island is also the only territory in Polynesia where Spanish is an official language.
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Eruption history
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No eruption records available.
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