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    Vailuluʻu Vailuluʻu is a volcanic seamount discovered in 1975. It rises from the sea floor to a depth of 593 m (1,946 ft) and is located between Taʻu...
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    Nuʻulua, Namua, Fanuatapu, Rose Atoll, Nu'ulopa, as well as the submerged Vailuluʻu, Pasco banks, and Alexa Bank. The Samoan archipelago has many features...
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    home to some of the world's highest sea cliffs at 3,000 ft (910 m). The Vailuluʻu seamount, an active submerged volcano, lies 28 miles (45 km) east of Taʻū...
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    crater of Vailuluʻu is an active underwater volcanic cone called Nafanua, named after a war goddess in Samoan mythology. The study of Vailuluʻu provides...
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    followed by smaller aftershocks. It was the largest earthquake of 2009. The Vailulu'u Seamount, an active submerged volcano, lies 45 km (28 mi) east of Ta'u...
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    million years old, that fit the hotspot model. The discovery in 1975 of Vailuluʻu Seamount 45 km east of Taʻu in American Samoa has since been studied by...
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  • -170.70 (Tutuila) 440 CE Vailulu'u -592 -1842 14°17′42″S 170°42′00″W / 14.295°S 170.70°W / -14.295; -170.70 (Vailulu'u) 2003 west of unnamed submarine...
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    examples are Kamaʻehuakanaloa (formerly Lo‘ihi) in the Hawaiian Islands and Vailulu'u in the Manu'a Group (Samoa). The most apparent lava flows at a seamount...
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    36°41′18″N 130°54′00″W / 36.6882°N 130.9°W / 36.6882; -130.9 Holocene Vailuluʻu −590 m (−1,940 ft)  American Samoa 14°12′54″S 169°3′30″W / 14.21500°S...
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    Tutuila Fagalua/Fogama'a, Tutuila Aunu'u Island Ta‘ū Island Rose Atoll Vailulu'u Seamount Swains Island Coordinates 14°21′54″S 170°45′54″W / 14.365°S...
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    Guillecrinidae Guillecrinus neocaledonicus on the outer SW flank of Vailulu'u, American Samoa Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata...
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  • (2009-11-30). "Microbial Ecology of Fe (hydr)oxide Mats and Basaltic Rock from Vailulu'u Seamount, American Samoa". Geomicrobiology Journal. 26 (8): 581–596. Bibcode:2009GmbJ...
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    submarine eruption detected just east of American Samoa in 1973. The Vailulu'u Seamount, located east of Ta‘ū, is a future Samoan island developing from...
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  • painter George A. J. Webb Lalla Rookh Bank, a volcanic seamount near Vailuluʻu in the South Pacific Lalla Rookh, a thoroughbred racehorse, descendant...
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  • national cricket team Nafanua Volcano, an active underwater cone in the Vailulu'u volcano This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...
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  • between Ofu, Ta'u and Vailulu'u). This is comparable to the "Kea" and "Loa" trends in Hawaii. Malumalu is not much older than Vailulu'u, which has erupted...
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  • in which Sulfurimonas occurs, such as at the Kamaʻehuakanaloa, Axial, Vailulu'u, and Suiyo Seamounts, and the Mariana and Kermadec Arcs. Sulfurimonas...
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    Pacific Ocean off the coast of northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia Vailulu'u – A volcanic seamount in the Samoa Islands Vance Seamounts – A group of...
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    obtained samples from the youngest volcanic structures that formed in the Vailulu'u volcanic crater since the previous mapping survey in 2012. More than 12...
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    volcanic cone, Nafanua, was discovered inside the submerged caldera of Vailulu'u volcanic sea mount. The eels were identified as synapobranchid eels Dysommina...
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    and 2,540 ft). In 2005, during underwater exploration of the caldera of Vailulu'u volcano at a depth of about 700 m (2,300 ft) in the mid-Pacific, it was...
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    (2009). "Microbial Ecology of Fe (hydr)oxide Mats and Basaltic Rock from Vailulu'u Seamount, American Samoa". Geomicrobiology Journal. 26 (8): 581–596. Bibcode:2009GmbJ...
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    site is found in the Okinawa Trough and additional reports come from Vailulu'u seamount and North Su in the Manus Basin. Including a species discovered...
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    hotspots in the Pacific Ocean include Hawaii, Bounty seamount at Pitcairn, Vailulu'u in Samoa and Mehetia/Teahitia in the Society Islands. Volcanism in the...
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  • extends from Tuvalu, Uvea, and Futuna eastward to the submarine volcano Vailulu'u east of the Manu'a islands of American Samoa. While the Samoan volcanic...
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    Eel City - an unusual community of Dysommina rugosa on the summit of Vailulu'u submarine volcano. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species...
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