is composed of the Hawaiian ridge, consisting of the islands of the Hawaiian chain northwest to Kure Atoll, and the Emperor Seamounts: together they form...
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The Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain is a series of volcanoes and seamounts extending about 6,200 km (3,900 mi) across the Pacific Ocean. The chain was...
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of the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain are hotspot volcanoes and formed well away from the nearest plate boundary. Volcanoes in the Hawaiian Islands...
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studied hotspots in the world, the Hawaii plume is responsible for the creation of the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain, a 6,200-kilometer (3,900 mi) mostly...
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The Hawaiian Islands (Hawaiian: Mokupuni Hawai‘i) are an archipelago of eight major volcanic islands, several atolls, and numerous smaller islets in the...
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Meiji Seamount, named after Emperor Meiji, the 122nd Emperor of Japan, is the oldest seamount in the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain, with an estimated...
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Detroit Seamount, which was formed around 76 million years ago, is one of the oldest seamounts of the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain (Meiji Seamount is the...
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most prominent shield volcano chain in the world is the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain, a chain of hotspot volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean. The volcanoes...
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Hotspot (geology) (redirect from Hotspot volcanic chain)
head of the Hawaii-Emperor seamount chain, now subducted to a depth of 800 km under eastern Siberia. Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain (Hawaii hotspot) Louisville...
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kilometers (3,600 mi) across the North Pacific Ocean, called the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain. Hawaiʻi's volcanoes rise an average of 4,600 meters (15,000 ft)...
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Colahan Seamount is a seamount lying within the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain in the northern Pacific Ocean. It erupted 37–40 million years ago. List...
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Nintoku Seamount or Nintoku Guyot is a seamount (underwater volcano) and guyot (flat top) in the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain. It is a large, irregularly...
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exposed peaks of a great undersea mountain range known as the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain, formed by volcanic activity over a hotspot in the Earth's...
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Suiko Seamount, also called Suiko Guyot, is a guyot of the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain in the Pacific Ocean. Suiko Seamount was named by in 1954,...
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Kīlauea (category Pages with Hawaiian IPA)
second-youngest product of the Hawaiian hotspot and the current eruptive center of the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain. Because it lacks topographic prominence...
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Abbott Seamount is a seamount lying within the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain in the northern Pacific Ocean. It erupted 36-40 million years ago. Position...
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number and most extensive seamount chains. These include the Hawaiian (Emperor), Mariana, Gilbert, Tuomotu and Austral Seamounts (and island groups) in the...
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Niihau (redirect from Hawaii/Niihau)
intermittent playa lakes provide wetland habitats for the Hawaiian coot, the Hawaiian stilt, and the Hawaiian duck. The island is designated as critical habitat...
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Koko Guyot (redirect from Koko Seamount)
southern end of the Emperor seamounts, about 200 km (124 mi) north of the "bend" in the volcanic Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain. Pillow lava has been...
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V-shaped bend separating the Emperor Seamounts from the older Hawaiian islands, all of the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain in the North Pacific Ocean....
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Hancock Seamount is a seamount of the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain in the Pacific Ocean. It was formed in the Eocene and Oligocene epochs of the Paleogene...
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Yomei Seamount is a seamount of the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain in the northern Pacific Ocean. Its eruption ages are unknown, but the seamounts on either...
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Kimmei Seamount is a seamount of the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain in the northern Pacific Ocean. It last erupted about 40 million years ago. List of...
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Kaʻala (category Pages with Hawaiian IPA)
States List of mountain peaks of Hawaii Evolution of Hawaiian volcanoes Hawaii hotspot Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain "Mt. Mount Ka'ala". Department of...
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Kanmu Seamount is a seamount lying within the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain in the Pacific Ocean. The last eruption of Kanmu Seamount is unknown. List...
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Jingū Seamount, also called Jingū Guyot, is a guyot of the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain in the Pacific Ocean. It erupted 55 million years ago. The seamount...
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Kure Atoll (redirect from Green Island, Hawaii)
reef-topped remnants of the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain to the northwest, all of which are now seamounts. In the Hawaiian language the term Mokupāpapa...
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Seamounts (previously North Hawaiian Seamounts, North Hawaiian Seamount Range) are a chain of seamounts in the Pacific Ocean, north of the Hawaiian Ridge...
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Outline of oceanography (section Seamounts)
in Hawaiʻi Nintoku Seamount – A flat topped seamount in the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain Ojin Seamount – A guyot of the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain...
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Lanai (category Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain)
Lanai (Hawaiian: Lānaʻi, Hawaiian: [laːˈnɐʔi, naːˈnɐʔi], /ləˈnaɪ, lɑːˈnɑːi/ lə-NY, lah-NAH-ee, also US: /lɑːˈnaɪ, ləˈnɑːi/ lah-NY, lə-NAH-ee,) is the sixth-largest...
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