Mount Ronui

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Mont Toonui
Elevation
Location Tahiti
Last eruption Unknown
Mount Ronui (labeled Roonui) is located in southern Tahiti.
Mount Ronui (labeled Roonui) is located in southern Tahiti.

Mount Ronui (also Roniu, Roonui and Rooniu) is a shield volcano of 1332m[1] (or 1321m[2]) in Tahiti Iti, the southern 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.[1]

It is one of three volcanoes to which the formation of Tahiti is attributed.[3]

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  1. ^ a b Hilary Rodgers (2003). Tahiti & French Polynesia, Tony Wheeler, Jean-Bernard Carillet, Lonely Planet. ISBN 1740592298. 
  2. ^ Tahiti (Italian). Arcipelago delle Società l'isola de Tahiti. Isole della Società. Retrieved on 2008-01-29.
  3. ^ Tahiti Background: Geography. Island Hopping from Shore to Shore: A Student Travel Guide to the South Pacific. Simon Fraser University. Retrieved on 2008-01-29.

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