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Home  Underwater VolcanoesSubmarine Volcanoes
Name Adams Seamount
Depth 59 meters
Height 3,500 meters
Type Submarine volcano
Location Central Pacific Ocean
Status Potassium-Argon
Eruption 50 BC ± 1000 years
Description Adams Seamount was built over 30 million year.It contains about 20 small volcanic hills about 500 meters high.Alkali basaltic rocks were dredged from the flanks of Adams Seamount, whose summit appears to consist of a trachytic lava dome. Several Potassium Argon dates of Holocene age were obtained from dredges at Adams Seamount the youngest of which was 2000 to 1000 years.The large submarine volcano within the Pitcairn hot spot, Bounty Seamount.Although Bounty Seamount, which rises to within 450 meters of the sea surface, appears morphologically more youthful than Adams.
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