Moai (seamount)
Second-most westerly submarine volcano in the Easter Seamount Chain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the submarine volcano. For other uses, see Moai (disambiguation).
The Moai Seamount is a submarine volcano, the second most westerly in the Easter Seamount Chain or Sala y Gómez ridge. It is east of Pukao seamount and west of Easter 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 the Nazca Plate floats over the Easter hotspot.
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Moai | |
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Height | >2,500 metres |
Location | |
Location | Pacific Ocean, west of Easter Island |
Coordinates | 27.1°S 109.85°W / -27.1; -109.85[1] |
Geology | |
Type | Submarine volcano |
Volcanic arc/chain | Sala y Gómez ridge |
Age of rock | Pleistocene |
Last eruption | >100,000 BCE |
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The Moai seamount was named after the moai statues of neighbouring Easter Island.