Yomei Seamount

Yomei Seamount is a seamount of the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain in the northern Pacific Ocean.

Its eruption ages are unknown, but the seamonts on either side are in the 56.2 to 59.6 million range during the Paleogene Period.^[1]

References

Jackson, Everett D.; Koizumi, Itaru; Kirkpatrick, R. James; Avdeiko, Gennady; Clague, David; Dalrymple, G. Brent; Karpoff, Anne-Marie; McKenzie, Judith; Butt, Arif; Ling, Hsin Yi; Takayama, Toshiaki; Green, H. Gary; Morgan, Jason; Kono, Masaru (1980). "Site 431: Yōmei Seamount" (PDF). Deep Sea Drilling Project Initial Reports. 55: 77–94. doi:10.2973/dsdp.proc.55.104.1980.

Hawaiian volcanism topics (list)

Windward Isles	Lōʻihi Māhukona Hawaiʻi Kīlauea (Kīlauea Iki, Puʻu ʻŌʻō) Mauna Loa Hualālai Mauna Kea Kohala Kahoʻolawe Kauaʻi Kaʻula Lānaʻi Maui Haleakalā West Maui Molokaʻi Penguin Bank West Molokai Volcano East Molokai Volcano Niʻihau Oʻahu Kaʻena Koʻolau Waiʻanae

Leeward Isles	French Frigate Shoals Gardner Pinnacles Kure Atoll Laysan Lisianski Island Maro Reef Midway Atoll Necker Island Nihoa Pearl and Hermes Atoll

Emperor Seamounts	Abbott Colahan Daikakuji Detroit Hancock Jingu Kammu Kimmei Koko Meiji Nintoku Ojin Suiko Yomei Yuryaku

Topics	1955 Hawaiian submarine eruption ʻAʻā (lava) Evolution of Hawaiian volcanoes Haleakalā National Park Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain Hawaiian eruption Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Lava fountain Limu o Pele Pāhoehoe (lava) Pele's hair Pele's tears

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