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Mauŋa Terevaka (, ) is the largest, tallest () and youngest of three main extinct volcanoes that form Easter Island. Several smaller volcanic cones and craters dot its slopes, including a crater hosting one of the island's three lakes, Rano Aroi.

Key facts

Mountain.name
Mauŋa Terevaka
Mountain.photo
Top-of-Terevaka-2013.jpg
Mountain.elevation_ft
1,664
Mountain.prominence_ft
1,664
Mountain.listing
World's most isolated peaks 12th
Mountain.location
Easter Island
Mountain.type
Shield volcano
Mountain.last_eruption
Pleistocene, less than 110,000 years ago

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Mauŋa Terevaka (, ) is the largest, tallest () and youngest of three main extinct volcanoes that form Easter Island. Several smaller volcanic cones and craters dot its slopes, including a crater hosting one of the island's three lakes, Rano Aroi.

While Terevaka forms the bulk of Easter Island, the island has two older volcanic peaks: Poike which forms the eastern headland and Rano Kau the southern. Terevaka last erupted in the Pleistocene and is less than 400,000 years old. Its lava field at Roiho has been dated at between 110,000 and 150,000 years old.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Terevaka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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