Mont Tohiea
| Mont Tohiea | ||
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 Mount Tohiea on Moorea |
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| height | 1207 m | |
| location | Moorea , French Polynesia | |
| Coordinates | 17 ° 33 ′ 7 ″ S , 149 ° 49 ′ 40 ″ W | |
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| rock | basalt | |
| Age of the rock | 1.5 - 2 million years | |
The Mont Tohiea (sometimes also Mont Tohivea ) is at 1207 m above sea level, the highest point on the island of Moorea in the archipelago of the Society Islands in French Polynesia . It forms the southern tip of the crater wall of the former volcano that formed the island. Mont Tohiea consists mainly of basalt , like almost all mountains of the Society Islands.
Web links
- Mont Tohiea on Peakbagger.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ V. Cloutard, A. Bonneville: Ages of seamounts, islands and plateaus on the Pacific plate, Paris 2004
- ^ JA Harden, JG Ryan, IP Savov: Geochemistry and Light Element Systematics of Moorea, Society Islands . May 2002, bibcode : 2002AGUSM.V51A..07H .