La Perouse Pinnacle
La Perouse Pinnacle is a steep basalt outcrop at French Frigate Shoals in the Pacific Ocean. Rising approximately 122 ft above sea surface, it is the eroded plug of a shield volcano and caldera that formed 12 million years ago.
Photo: Sabine’s Sunbird, Public domain.La Perouse Pinnacle
Latitude
23.76906° or 23° 46′ 9″ north
Longitude
-166.261° or 166° 15′ 40″ west
Elevation
36 metres (118 feet)
Open location code
72MMQP9Q+JJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Vietnamese—“La Perouse Pinnacle” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “La Perouse Pinnacle”
- Dutch: “La Perouse Pinnacle”
- French: “pinacle La Pérouse”
- French: “Pinacle La Pérouse”
- German: “La Perouse Pinnacle”
- Portuguese: “Pináculo de La Perouse”
- Russian: “скала Лаперуза”
- Vietnamese: “Đỉnh nhọn La Perouse”
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