Emperor Seamounts

E133934

The Emperor Seamounts are a long, mostly submerged volcanic mountain range in the northern Pacific Ocean that forms the older, more northerly segment of the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Emperor Seamount chain 9
Emperor Seamounts canonical 7
Emperor seamounts 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf seamount chain ⓘ
submarine mountain range ⓘ
ageCharacteristic older than Hawaiian Ridge seamounts ⓘ
characteristic mostly submerged ⓘ
composedPrimarilyOf basaltic volcanic rocks ⓘ
coveredBy pelagic sediments ⓘ
discoveredBy bathymetric surveys of the North Pacific ⓘ
eruptiveActivityStatus extinct volcanoes ⓘ
extendsFrom near Midway Atoll ⓘ
extendsToward Aleutian Trench region ⓘ
linked to: Aleutian Trench
formationProcess hotspot volcanism ⓘ
formedBy Hawaiian hotspot ⓘ
forms older segment of the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain ⓘ
geologicalNature volcanic ⓘ
hasBathymetricExpression linear chain of undersea volcanoes ⓘ
hasGeologicalFeature bend with Hawaiian Ridge near Midway Atoll ⓘ
hasKeySeamount Detroit Seamount ⓘ
Nintoku Seamount ⓘ
Suiko Seamount ⓘ
hasMorphology guyots and conical seamounts ⓘ
hasNotableMember Daikakuji Seamount ⓘ
Detroit Seamount ⓘ
Hess Rise ⓘ
Jingu Seamount ⓘ
Kimmei Seamount ⓘ
Nintoku Seamount ⓘ
Suiko Seamount ⓘ
Yomei Seamount ⓘ
locatedIn Pacific Ocean ⓘ
northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
maximumAge over 70 million years ⓘ
namedAfter Emperor of Japan ⓘ
oceanRegion North Pacific gyre ⓘ
linked to: North Pacific Gyre
orientedAlong northwest–southeast trend ⓘ
partOf Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain ⓘ
relatedTo Hawaiian Ridge ⓘ
relativeLocation more northerly segment of the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain ⓘ
separatedFrom Hawaiian Ridge by the Hawaiian–Emperor bend ⓘ
significantFor plate tectonics research ⓘ
studiedUsing ocean drilling programs ⓘ
submergedBelow sea surface ⓘ
tectonicSetting Pacific Plate ⓘ
usedToStudy Pacific Plate motion history ⓘ
hotspot reference frame stability ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northern Pacific Ocean → hasFeature → Emperor Seamounts ⓘ
Detroit Seamount → partOf → Emperor Seamounts ⓘ
Meiji Seamount → chain → Emperor seamounts ⓘ
linked to: Emperor Seamounts
Yuryaku Seamount → partOf → Emperor seamounts ⓘ
linked to: Emperor Seamounts
Hawaiian hotspot → created → Emperor Seamounts ⓘ
ODP Leg 197 → studiesFeature → Emperor Seamount chain ⓘ
linked to: Emperor Seamounts
Koko Seamount → partOf → Emperor Seamount chain ⓘ
linked to: Emperor Seamounts
Midway Seamount → isSubfeatureOf → Emperor Seamounts ⓘ
Emperor Trough → associatedWith → Emperor Seamounts ⓘ
Yomei Seamount → partOf → Emperor Seamount chain ⓘ
linked to: Emperor Seamounts
Hess Rise → partOf → Emperor Seamount chain ⓘ
linked to: Emperor Seamounts
Hess Rise → associatedWith → Emperor Seamounts ⓘ
Nintoku Seamount → partOf → Emperor Seamount chain ⓘ
linked to: Emperor Seamounts
Jingu Seamount → partOf → Emperor Seamount chain ⓘ
linked to: Emperor Seamounts
Jingu Seamount → mountainRange → Emperor Seamount chain ⓘ
linked to: Emperor Seamounts
Kimmei Seamount → partOf → Emperor Seamount chain ⓘ
linked to: Emperor Seamounts
Daikakuji Seamount → partOf → Emperor Seamount chain ⓘ
linked to: Emperor Seamounts