Eifuku Seamount
Sign in to saveEifuku () and NW Eifuku () are two seamounts in the Pacific Ocean. The better known one is NW Eifuku, where an unusual hydrothermal vent called "Champagne" produced droplets of liquid . Both seamounts are located in the Northern Marianas and are volcanoes, part of the Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc. NW Eifuku rises to depth below sea level and is a wide volcanic cone.
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- Instance of
- submarine volcano
- Part of
- Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Elevation
- -297
- Image
- Champagne vent white smokers.jpg
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- Geography and geology
- Composition
- Hydrothermal vents
- Champagne vent
- Biology
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Eifuku () and NW Eifuku () are two seamounts in the Pacific Ocean. The better known one is NW Eifuku, where an unusual hydrothermal vent called "Champagne" produced droplets of liquid . Both seamounts are located in the Northern Marianas and are volcanoes, part of the Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc. NW Eifuku rises to depth below sea level and is a wide volcanic cone.
Both Eifuku seamounts are hydrothermally active, with numerous vent sites found on NW Eifuku including the "Champagne" vent site, where there are a number of white smokers. Diverse ecosystems dominated by mussels live in proximity and around the hydrothermal vent sites.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eifuku Seamount” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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