Lōʻihi Seamount

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Lōʻihi Seamount is an active submarine volcano off the southeast coast of the Island of Hawaiʻi that represents the youngest volcano in the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain.

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Label Occurrences
Loihi Seamount 2
Lōʻihi Seamount canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf active volcano
seamount
submarine volcano
country United States of America
surface form: United States
describedAs youngest volcano in the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
distanceFromHawaiiIslandCoast approximately 35 kilometers
elevationRelativeToSeaLevel below sea level
eruptionStyle effusive
submarine eruptions
expectedTo eventually emerge above sea level
formationProcess hotspot volcanism
formedBy Hawaii hotspot
futureForm potential future Hawaiian island
hasActivity hydrothermally active
seismically active
hasBiologicalFeature chemosynthetic vent communities
extremophile microorganisms
hasCoordinateSystem geographic coordinates
hasFeature hydrothermal vents
lava flows
pit craters
rift zones
hasGeologicalAge Holocene
hasNotableEruptionOrEvent 1996 seismic swarm
hasRiftZone north rift zone
south rift zone
isExampleOf hotspot volcano
intraplate volcanism
languageOfName Hawaiian
locatedIn Hawaiʻi (island)
surface form: Hawaii

Pacific Ocean
locatedInRegion Hawaiian Islands
locatedOffCoastOf Big Island of Hawaiʻi
surface form: Island of Hawaiʻi
locatedOnTectonicPlate Pacific Plate
locatedSoutheastOf Big Island of Hawaiʻi
surface form: Island of Hawaiʻi
monitoredBy Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
United States Geological Survey
nameMeaning “long” in Hawaiian
nearbyIsland Big Island of Hawaiʻi
surface form: Hawaiʻi (Big Island)
partOf Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
studiedBy oceanographers
volcanologists
summitDepth approximately 1000 meters below sea level
volcanicArcOrBelt Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
volcanoType shield volcano
youngerThan Kīlauea
Mauna Loa

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Hawaiian Volcano Observatory monitors Lōʻihi Seamount
Hawaiian hotspot created Lōʻihi Seamount
this entity surface form: Loihi Seamount
Hawaiian hotspot futureSurfaceExpression Lōʻihi Seamount
this entity surface form: Loihi Seamount