Moai (seamount)
| Moai | |
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| Height | >2,500 metres |
| Location | |
| Location | Pacific Ocean,west ofEaster Island |
| Coordinates | 27°06′S109°51′W/ 27.1°S 109.85°W[1] |
| Geology | |
| Type | Submarine volcano |
| Volcanicarc/chain | Sala y Gómez ridge |
| Age of rock | Pleistocene |
| Last eruption | >100,000BCE |
TheMoai Seamountis asubmarine volcano,the second most westerly in theEaster Seamount ChainorSala y Gómez ridge.It is east ofPukaoseamount and west ofEaster Island.It rises over 2,500 metres from the ocean floor to within a few hundred metres of the sea surface.[2]The Moai seamount is fairly young, having developed in the last few hundred thousand years as theNazca Platefloats over theEaster hotspot.
The Moai seamount was named after themoaistatues of neighbouring Easter Island.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Geographic.org
- ^Haase, Karsten M.; Peter Stoffers; C. Dieter Garbe-Schönberg (October 1997)."The Petrogenetic Evolution of Lavas from Easter Island and Neighbouring Seamounts, Near-ridge Hotspot Volcanoes in the SE Pacific".Journal of Petrology.38(6): 785–813.doi:10.1093/petrology/38.6.785.
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