Poike is one of the three main

extinct volcanoes A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates are ...

that form Rapa Nui (Easter Island), a

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an island in the

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. At 370 metres above sea level, Poike's peak is the island's second-highest point after the peak of the extinct volcano

Terevaka Ma′unga Terevaka is the largest, tallest () and youngest of three main extinct volcanoes that form Easter Island. Several smaller volcanic cones and craters dot its slopes, including a crater hosting one of the island's three lakes, Rano Aroi. ...

. Poike forms the eastern headland of Rapa Nui. An abrupt cliff known as the "Poike ditch" spans the island at the boundary between the respective lava flows from Poike and Terevaka. As the oldest of the island's three main volcanoes, Poike is the most weathered with relatively stoneless soil.

References

* * Routledge, Katherine. 1919. ''The Mystery of Easter Island. The story of an expedition.'' London. * Van Tilburg, Jo Anne. 1994. ''Easter Island: Archaeology, Ecology and Culture.'' Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.

External links

Guide to Easter Island
from the Easter Island Foundation Volcanoes of Easter Island Extinct volcanoes Polygenetic shield volcanoes Pleistocene shield volcanoes {{Chile-geo-stub

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