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Meheti’a or Me’eti’a is a volcanic island in the Windward Islands in the east of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. This island is a very young active stratovolcano 110 kilometres (68 mi) east of the Taiarapu Peninsula of Tahiti. It belongs to the Teahiti’a-Mehetia hotspot.The island has an area of 2.3 square kilometres (0.89 sq mi) and its highest point is 435 metres (1427 ft). Meheti’a’s well-defined volcanic crater contains a very active hot point.

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