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Moua Pihaa

Seamount in the Pacific Ocean From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Moua Pihaa is a submarine volcano in French Polynesia. It is located southwest of Mehetia in the Society Islands, and is the largest of a group of seamounts stretching between Mehetia and Tahiti. The volcano's summit is 160m below sea level.[1]

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The volcano was first located in 1976 using seismograph records, and its existence confirmed by a bathymetric survey.[2]

Moua Pihaa was seismically active from 22 to 29 April 1969, and from 21 to 23 June 1970, which suggests that submarine eruptions have occurred.[1]

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