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Teahitia
Teahitia is a submarine compound volcano 1,743 m under the Pacific, last erupted in 1985.
- Type
- Compound (composite landform)
- Summit
- 1,743 m below sea level
- Rock
- Trachybasalt / Tephrite Basanite
- Setting
- Intraplate, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 1985
- Largest known
- VEI 0, non-explosive, 1985
- Eruptions
- 4 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 17.56°S 148.82°W · The Pacific
- Region
- Society Islands Hotspot Volcano Group, Southern Pacific Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 333010
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).