Nintoku Seamount

flat topped seamount in the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Nintoku Seamount (仁徳海山) is an underwater volcano (seamount) of the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain in the Pacific Ocean.[1] Nintoku is an extinct volcano.[2]

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The undersea Emperor seamount chain includes Nintoku

The seamount is also known as the "Nintoku Guyot" because it has a flat top.[3] This undersea geologic feature is also called a "guyot" or "tablemount".[4]

This seabed mountain is named after Emperor Nintoku of Japan.

The last eruption from Nintoku seamount was 65 million years ago.[5]

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