In the centre of a pumice-covered plateau from loon to 2000 ft. In 1886 there was a serious volcanic eruption in the outlying island of Nivafoou, and at the same time Falcon Reef, normally awash at high water, discharged sufficient scoriae and pumice to form a new island 50 ft.
The superior facet, also called the superior articular process, is a pair of facet joints between pairs of vertebrae. A facet joint is what holds two vertebrae together and each vertebra contains two pairs, an upper-facing superior facet pair and a lower-facing inferior facet pair.
n the path of the condyle in the glenoid fossa when a lateral mandibular movement is made. n the articular process of the mandible; the condyloid process of the mandible. n See process, condyloid, neck of. n the rounded projection that joins with the bones of the vertebrae located at the base of the occipital bone.