Meiji Seamount

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Meiji Seamount is a large, ancient underwater volcano located at the northern end of the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain in the North Pacific Ocean.

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Meiji Seamount canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf guyot
seamount
submarine volcano
age approximately 80 million years
approximateLatitude ~53°N
approximateLongitude ~165°E
baseDepth over 5000 meters below sea level
chain Emperor Seamounts
surface form: Emperor seamounts

Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
chainPosition oldest large volcano in the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
country international waters
crustType oceanic crust
discoveredBy bathymetric surveys of the North Pacific
distanceFromHawaii over 2000 kilometers northwest of the Hawaiian Islands
eroded yes
erosionalHistory summit planed off by wave erosion before subsidence
erosionProcess marine erosion
featureType flat-topped seamount
underwater volcano
formedAs shield volcano
formedBy Hawaiian hotspot
geologicalAge Late Cretaceous
geologicProvince Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
surface form: northwestern Hawaiian–Emperor seamount province
hasFlatSummit yes
hasScientificInterest high
hotspotTrackRole records early part of Hawaiian hotspot track
lastEruption Cretaceous period
locatedAtEndOf northern end of the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
locatedIn Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Northern Pacific Ocean
surface form: North Pacific Ocean
movementHistory transported northwestward by Pacific Plate motion
namedAfter Emperor Meiji
surface form: Emperor Meiji of Japan
namedFor Meiji era
surface form: Meiji period of Japan
ocean Pacific Ocean
partOf Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
region Northwestern Pacific Ocean
surface form: northwestern Pacific Ocean
shape broad, flat-topped guyot
significance records motion of the Pacific Plate over the Hawaiian hotspot
studiedIn marine geology
plate tectonics
subsidenceProcess thermal subsidence of oceanic lithosphere
summitDepth approximately 2000 meters below sea level
summitEnvironment deep-sea environment
tectonicPlate Pacific Plate
usedFor reconstructing Pacific Plate motion
volcanicActivityStatus extinct
volcanicOrigin hotspot volcanism

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