Yōmei 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; Geographic.org, "Yomei Seamount"; retrieved 2012-6-14.  Yōmei is an extinct volcano.Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute,  "Life-cycle of Hawaiian hot spot volcanoes" ; retrieved 2012-6-14. 

This seabed mountain is named after Emperor Yōmei of Japan.

The last eruption from Yōmei seamount was between 60 million VolcanoLive, Suiko Seamount; TenBruggencate, Jan (2006).  "Hawaiian geology gets update," Honolulu Advertiser (US). September 4, 2006; retrieved 2012-6-10. and 65 million years ago. VolcanoLive, Nintoku Seamount

Related pages
 Submarine volcano
 Active volcano
 Dormant volcano

References

Other websites
 Seamount Biogeosciences Network,  database

Category:Seamounts
Category:Pacific Ocean