Easter Island volcanic complex

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The Easter Island volcanic complex is the geological formation comprising the island’s major volcanoes and related features that created and shape Rapa Nui (Easter Island).

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geological formation
volcanic complex
associatedWith Easter Seamount Chain
Easter microplate
composedOf alkali basalt
basaltic lava
hawaiite
tuff
country Chile
created Easter Island landmass
currentStatus dormant
eruptionStyle Strombolian eruptions
effusive eruptions
formedBy hotspot volcanism
intraplate volcanism
geologicalAge Holocene
Pleistocene
hasCrater Rano Kau volcano
surface form: Rano Kau caldera

Rano Raraku tuff cone
surface form: Rano Raraku crater
hasFeature Poike Peninsula
surface form: Poike peninsula

Rano Aroi crater lake
Rano Kau crater lake
Rano Raraku tuff cone
Terevaka volcano
surface form: Terevaka shield volcano

lava flows
numerous scoria cones
pyroclastic deposits
tuff cones
hasMainComponent Poike volcano
Rano Kau volcano
Terevaka volcano
highestPoint Terevaka summit
influences coastal morphology of Easter Island
groundwater distribution on Easter Island
soil formation on Easter Island
lastMajorActivity Holocene
surface form: Holocene epoch
locatedIn Chile
Easter Island
Pacific Ocean
Special Territory of Rapa Nui
surface form: Rapa Nui
maximumElevation about 507 metres above sea level
partOf Easter hotspot
Nazca Plate
region Southeastern Pacific Ocean
shapes topography of Easter Island
studiedInDiscipline geology
volcanology
tectonicSetting Nazca Plate oceanic crust

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Rano Aroi partOf Easter Island volcanic complex
Terevaka volcanicField Easter Island volcanic complex
Poike Peninsula isPartOfVolcanicSystem Easter Island volcanic complex
Easter hotspot associatedWith Easter Island volcanic complex
this entity surface form: Easter Island volcanic province
Maunga Terevaka isVolcanoOf Easter Island volcanic complex
Terevaka volcano partOf Easter Island volcanic complex
Poike volcano partOf Easter Island volcanic complex
Rano Kau volcano partOf Easter Island volcanic complex
subject surface form: Rano Kau