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Adams Seamount

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Summit depth
  
39 m (128 ft)

Last eruption
  
50 BCE ± 1000 years

Height
  
3,500 m (11,500 ft)

Elevation
  
-39 m

Adams Seamount wwwdeepseawaterscomimageAdamsSeamountjpg

Location
  
Pacific Ocean, SW of Pitcairn Island

Similar
  
Ahyi, Metis Shoal, Zealandia Bank, Vailulu'u, Fonualei

Adams Seamount is a submarine volcano above the Pitcairn hotspot in the central Pacific Ocean about 90 kilometres (56 mi) southwest of Pitcairn Island.

Map of Adams Seamount

It is a massive seamount rising 3,500 metres (11,483 ft) from the sea floor to about 39 metres (128 ft) below the surface of the ocean.

References

Adams Seamount Wikipedia