Pukao (seamount)
Submarine volcano, the most westerly in the Easter Seamount Chain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Pukao Seamount is a submarine volcano, the most westerly in the Easter Seamount Chain or Sala y Gómez ridge. To the east are Moai (seamount) and then Easter Island. It rises over 2,500 metres from the ocean floor to within a few hundred metres of the sea surface.[1] The Pukao Seamount is fairly young, and believed to have developed in the last few hundred thousand years as the Nazca Plate floats over the Easter hotspot.
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Quick Facts Summit depth, Height ...
Pukao Seamount | |
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Summit depth | Below Sea level |
Height | 2500+ m |
Location | |
Location | west of Easter Island |
Geology | |
Type | Submarine volcano |
Volcanic arc/chain | Sala Y Gomez ridge |
Age of rock | Pleistocene |
Last eruption | >100,000 BCE |
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