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| Pukao Seamount | |
|---|---|
| Summit depth | Below Sea level |
| Height | 2500+ m |
| Location | west of Easter Island |
| Type | Submarine volcano |
| Age of rock | Pleistocene |
| Last eruption | >100,000 BCE |
The Pukao Seamount is a submarine volcano, the most westerly in the Easter Seamount Chain or Sala y Gómez ridge. To the east are Moai (seamount) and then Easter Island. It rises over 2,500 metres from the ocean floor to within a few hundred metres of the sea surface. HAASE, STOFFERS & GARBE-SCHÖNBERG The Pukao Seamount is fairly young, and believed to have developed in the last few hundred thousand years as the Nazca Plate floats over the Easter hotspot.
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