Suiko Seamount

is an underwater volcano (seamount) of the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain in the Pacific Ocean.Tarduno, John A. et al.  "The Emperor Seamounts: southward motion of the Hawaiian hotspot plume in Earth's mantle," Science, 22 August 2003, pp. 1064-1069 DOI:10.1126/science.1086442; retrieved 2012-6-14. Suiko is an extinct volcano.Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute,  "Life-cycle of Hawaiian hot spot volcanoes" ; retrieved 2012-6-14. 

The seamount is also known as the "Suiko Guyot" because it has a flat top.Guyots are flat-topped because they were once above sea level, and were worn down by the sea.  This undersea geologic feature is also called a "guyot" or "tablemount".Geographic.org, "Suiko Guyot"; retrieved 2012-6-9.

This seabed mountain is named after Empress Suiko of Japan.

The last eruption from Suiko seamount was 60 million years ago. VolcanoLive, Suiko Seamount; TenBruggencate, Jan (2006).  "Hawaiian geology gets update," Honolulu Advertiser (US). September 4, 2006; retrieved 2012-6-10.

Related pages
 Submarine volcano
 Active volcano
 Dormant volcano

References

Other websites
 Seamount Biogeosciences Network,  database

Category:Seamounts
Category:Pacific Ocean
Category:Volcanoes of Oceania