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Foundation Seamounts

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Location
  
South Pacific Ocean

Age of rock
  
Unknown

The Foundation Seamounts, also called the Foundation Seamount chain, are a northwest trending chain of seamounts located in the southern Pacific Ocean between 33° S and 39° S and between 111° W and 125° W (south and southeast of Pitcairn Island). The chain is 1,350 kilometres (839 mi) long and 180 km (112 mi) wide, and is composed by clusters of submarine volcanoes. The age of these submarine volcanoes is unknown.

Map of Foundation Seamounts

References

Foundation Seamounts Wikipedia


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