'Mehetia' is a very young active
stratovolcano 110
kilometres (68.4
miles) east of
Taiarapu on peninsula of
Tahiti. It has an area of 2.3
square kilometres (0.89
square miles) and its highest point is 435
metres (1,427
ft). Mehetia's well-defined
volcanic crater contains a very active hot point. In 1981 the island was the centre of earthquakes.
Mehetia is in the
Windward Islands, in the east of the
Society Islands in
French Polynesia. Mehetia is uninhabited and doesn't have much vegetation but has a small coral reef on the underwater slopes.
References
★
Global Volcanism Program: Mehetia
External links
★
Mehetia database
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