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Moua Pihaa
Stratovolcano · -312 m · France
Moua Pihaa sits on the Pacific Plate, above a hotspot, away from plate boundaries. 2 eruptions are known since the end of the last ice age, the most recent in 1970.
- Elevation
- -312 m
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Tectonic Setting
- Intraplate (hotspot), oceanic crust
- Dominant Rock
- Trachybasalt / Tephrite Basanite
- Plate
- Pacific Plate
- Country
- France
- Last Eruption
- 1970
- Known Eruptions (Holocene)
- 2
- Max. Explosivity (VEI)
- 0
Eruption Timeline
Each bar is an eruption; its height shows its explosivity (VEI 0 to 8).
Eruption Uncertain Date
Sources : Global Volcanism Program, 2026. Volcanoes of the World (v. 5.4.0; 7 Aug 2026), Smithsonian Institution, doi:10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2026.5.4 (volcano.si.edu) · NOAA NCEI · USGS · Wikidata