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Home  Underwater VolcanoesSubmarine Volcanoes
Name NW Eifuku
Depth 1535 meters
Height 1500 meters
Type Submarine volcano
Location Volcano Islands (Japan)
Status Fumarolic
Eruption Unknown
Description NW Eifuku is a small submarine volcano that pales in size in comparison to its larger neighbors, but displays vigorous thermal activity. The summit of the basaltic to andesitic Northwest Eifuku volcano lies 1535 meters below the sea surface the seamount lies at the NW end of a chain of submarine volcanoes that includes Eifuku and Daikoko, at the SE end. Hydrothermal fluid emission at NW Eifuku includes liquid carbon dioxide bubbles venting from white smokers, one of only two places where natural liquid carbon dioxide emission has been observed.
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