Mount Ronui

Mount Ronui
Map
Highest point
Elevation1,332[1] m (4,370 ft)
Prominence1,319[2] m (4,327 ft)
ListingRibu
Coordinates17°49′22″S 149°12′55″W / 17.822767°S 149.215352°W / -17.822767; -149.215352
Geography
LocationTahiti
Geology
Last eruptionUnknown
Mount Ronui (labeled Roonui) is located in southern Tahiti.

Mount Ronui (also Roniu, Roonui and Rooniu) is a shield volcano of 1332m[3] (or 1321m[4]) in Tahiti Iti, which is the south-eastern part of Tahiti in French Polynesia in the south Pacific. It is one of the principal peaks on the island and the highest in Tahiti Iti.[3]

It is one of three volcanoes to which the formation of Tahiti is attributed.[5]

References

  1. ^ https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=11947
  2. ^ https://worldribus.org/polynesia/
  3. ^ a b Hilary Rodgers (2003). Tahiti & French Polynesia. Tony Wheeler, Jean-Bernard Carillet. Lonely Planet. ISBN 1-74059-229-8.
  4. ^ "Tahiti". Arcipelago delle Società l'isola de Tahiti (in Italian). Isole della Società. Retrieved 2008-01-29.
  5. ^ "Tahiti Background: Geography". Island Hopping from Shore to Shore: A Student Travel Guide to the South Pacific. Simon Fraser University. Retrieved 2008-01-29.


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