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    Axial Seamount - Wikipedia

    • Axial Seamount (also Coaxial Seamount or Axial Volcano) is a seamount, submarine volcano, and underwater shield volcano in the Pacific Ocean, located on the Juan de Fuca Ridge, approximately 480 km (298 mi) west of Cannon Beach, Oregon. Standing 1,100 m (3,609 ft) high, Axial Seamount is the youngest volcano and current eruptive center of t… See more

    Geology

    Axial Seamount is the youngest volcano and current eruptive center of the Cobb–Eickelberg Seamount chain
    This … See more

    History

    The first volcanoes along the Juan de Fuca ridge, including Axial Seamount, were detected in the 1970s by satellite altimetry. Axial Seamount's proximity to the western coast and shallow depth make it one of the most easil… See more

    Summit depth1,410 m (4,626 ft)
    Height1,100 m (3,609 ft)
    Map of axial seamount
    Ecology

    In 1983, a Canadian–American collaborative expedition, named the Canadian American Seamount (CASM) expedition, visited the northwestern edge of Axial Seamount's summit caldera to investigate … See more

    External links

    NeMO at Axial—homepage of New Millennium Observatory at Axial Seamount.
    Castle Vent at Axial Seamount—video tour of Castle Vent, one of the hydrothermal vents on Axial Seamount.… See more

     
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