Submarine volcanoes are underwater vents or fissures in the Earth's surface from which magma can erupt. Many submarine volcanoes are located near areas...
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been documented at only 119 submarine volcanoes, but there may be more than one million geologically young submarine volcanoes on the ocean floor. In shallow...
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shield volcano, hotspot volcano Mauna Loa, a shield volcano Hualālai a shield volcano Mauna Kea, a shield volcano Kama'ehuakanaloa, a submarine volcano off...
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A list of active and extinct submarine volcanoes and seamounts located under the world's oceans. There are estimated to be 40,000 to 55,000 seamounts...
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Ring of Fire (category Volcanoes of the Pacific Ocean)
Other types of volcano are also found in the Ring of Fire, such as subaerial shield volcanoes (e.g. Plosky Tolbachik), and submarine seamounts (e.g....
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crystallization of the rock indicates that it was a complex, submarine volcano. Door Point Volcano was discovered in 1963 by Shell Oil Company in an exploratory...
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Volcanism of Italy (redirect from Active Italian volcanos)
a submarine eruption a few kilometres north-east of the island in 1891, which was probably related to the main volcano. Vulcanello, a small volcano connected...
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Didicas Volcano is an active volcanic island in the province of Cagayan in northern Philippines. The island, which was a submarine volcano and re-emerged...
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Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai (redirect from Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano)
Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai (listen) is a submarine volcano in the South Pacific located about 30 km (19 mi) south of the submarine volcano of Fonuafoʻou and 65 km (40 mi)...
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Kamaʻehuakanaloa Seamount (category Submarine volcanoes)
Kamaʻehuakanaloa Seamount (previously known as Lōʻihi) is an active submarine volcano about 22 mi (35 km) off the southeast coast of the island of Hawaii...
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Iriomote submarine volcano is an active submarine volcano located 20 km (12 mi) north of Iriomote Island, Japan. The volcano is also known as the Submarine Volcano...
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As of 2018, the Philippines has 24 volcanoes listed as active by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS). Twenty-one of these...
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Tjörnes (section The submarine volcano)
and the rich fossil record of Miocene - Pliocene age. There is a submarine volcano north of Iceland named the Tjornes Fracture Zone. It is a series of...
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Whakaari / White Island (category Active volcanoes)
which is just the peak of a much larger submarine volcano. The island is New Zealand's most active cone volcano, and has been built up by continuous volcanic...
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volcano may refer to: Subaqueous volcano, a volcano that forms under a lake Submarine volcano, a volcano that forms under an ocean Subglacial volcano...
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Kick 'em Jenny (category Submarine volcanoes)
'em Jenny (also: Kick-'em-Jenny or Mt. Kick-'Em-Jenny) is an active submarine volcano or seamount on the Caribbean Sea floor, located 8 km (5 mi) north...
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Apolaki Caldera (category Submarine volcanoes)
religions. The volcano has been inactive for millions of years. Gravimetric analysis shows that the Philippine Rise, as the submarine mountain massif...
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volcano changes from alkalic basalt to tholeiitic basalt and the volcano enters the submarine phase of the shield stage. In this phase, the volcano continues...
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enormous extinct submarine volcano, approximately 450 by 650 km (280 by 400 mi) in area, which dwarfs all previously known volcanoes on Earth. However...
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Tongan eruption was so violent. It's a wake-up call to watch other submarine volcanoes". The Conversation. Retrieved 9 September 2023. "Tonga volcanic eruption...
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List of mountain types (redirect from List of volcano types)
Pyroclastic shield Shield volcano Stratovolcano Subglacial mound Submarine volcano Somma volcano Tuya Volcanic field Volcanic plug Bornhardt Cuesta Dome Fault-block...
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There is a submarine volcano near the island of Ivuhos in the Philippines. The volcano is 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) off Ivuhos Island, at the southernmost...
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December 2021, an eruption began on Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai, a submarine volcano in the Tongan archipelago in the southern Pacific Ocean. The eruption...
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Mauna Loa (redirect from Mauna Loa Volcano)
Russia. Following the pattern of Hawaiian volcano formation, Mauna Loa would have started as a submarine volcano, gradually building itself up through underwater...
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Graham Island (Mediterranean Sea) (category Submarine volcanoes)
Graham Shoal; Italian: Isola Ferdinandea; French: Île Julia) is a submarine volcano in the Mediterranean Sea near the island of Sicily that has, on more...
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geographical name – mud volcanoes. Underground and submarine mud volcanoes are also famed in Azerbaijan. There are more than 140 submarine volcanoes in the Caspian...
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Tagoro (category Active volcanoes)
Tagoro is a submarine volcano located off the southern coast of the island of El Hierro, in the Atlantic Ocean. It is part of the Canary Islands Seamount...
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Kavachi (category Submarine volcanoes)
Kavachi is one of the most active submarine volcanoes in the south-west Pacific Ocean. Located south of Vangunu Island in the Solomon Islands, it is named...
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Pumice raft (category Volcanoes)
floating raft of pumice created by some eruptions of submarine volcanoes or coastal subaerial volcanoes. Pumice rafts have unique characteristics, such as...
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Kolumbo (redirect from Kolumbo underwater volcano)
Kolumbo is an active submarine volcano in the Aegean Sea in Greece, about 8 km northeast of Cape Kolumbo, Santorini island. The largest of a line of about...
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