Mont Tautuapae
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 Mont Tautuapae as seen from the Opunohu Valley |
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| height | 769 m | |
| location | Moorea , French Polynesia | |
| Coordinates | 17 ° 31 '23 " S , 149 ° 52' 44" W | |
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| rock | basalt | |
| Age of the rock | 1.5 - 2 million years | |
Mont Tautuapae is a mountain in the northwest of the island of Moorea in the archipelago of the Society Islands in French Polynesia . With a height of 769 m, it is the fifth highest point on the island and the highest point on the northwestern peninsula, which separates the Baie d'Oponohu from the Pacific . The mountain is of volcanic origin and, like almost all mountains of the Society Islands, consists of basalt .
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- ↑ V. Cloutard, A. Bonneville: Ages of seamounts, islands and plateaus on the Pacific plate, Paris 2004
- ↑ Geochemistry and Light Element Systematics of Moorea , bibcode : 2002AGUSM.V51A..07H (English)