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I’ve decided to throw in an interesting volcano which is located in the remote Pacific Ocean on Easter Island (Chile)! The famous head sculptures were carved out of basalt from the volcano in question. Any questions?

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Anonymous

Looks Like it has a very long eruptive history, gosh knows how many vents you can see on this map. Looks like a Huge Explosion Crater on the south side, I might be wrong but that is either a Caldera Or a Marr, but I'm going to guess a Mixture of both Effusive and explosive eruptions maybe a mixture of Basalt / Trachyte. Could be wrong but looks like a Geologists vacation spot.

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Also I'm guessing due to it proximity away from plate boundaries, its formed in a similar way to Beerenberg Volcano on a Rift Zone in the Oceanic Crust but again correct me if I'm wrong.