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GVP volcano 284100 · no holder yet

Kaitoku Seamount

Kaitoku Seamount is a submarine stratovolcano 95 m under the Philippine Sea, erupting as recently as 2023.

Type
Stratovolcano (composite landform)
Summit
95 m below sea level
Rock
Basalt / Picro-Basalt
Setting
Subduction zone, thickness unknown
Last eruption
2023
Largest known
VEI 1, gentle, 1984
Eruptions
2 confirmed in the record
Where
26.13°N 141.10°E · The Philippine Sea
Region
Ogasawara Volcanic Arc, Northwestern Pacific Volcanic Regions
Record
Global Volcanism Program, volcano 284100

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