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    Vailuluʻu Vailuluʻu is a volcanic seamount discovered in 1975. It rises from the sea floor to a depth of 593 m (1,946 ft) and is located between Taʻu...
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    Nuʻulua, Namua, Fanuatapu, Rose Atoll, Nu'ulopa, as well as the submerged Vailuluʻu, Pasco banks, and Alexa Bank. The Samoan archipelago has many features...
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    home to some of the world's highest sea cliffs at 3,000 ft (910 m). The Vailuluʻu seamount, an active submerged volcano, lies 28 miles (45 km) east of Taʻū...
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    crater of Vailuluʻu is an active underwater volcanic cone called Nafanua, named after a war goddess in Samoan mythology. The study of Vailuluʻu provides...
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    followed by smaller aftershocks. It was the largest earthquake of 2009. The Vailulu'u Seamount, an active submerged volcano, lies 45 km (28 mi) east of Ta'u...
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  • -170.70 (Tutuila) 440 CE Vailulu'u -592 -1842 14°17′42″S 170°42′00″W / 14.295°S 170.70°W / -14.295; -170.70 (Vailulu'u) 2003 west of unnamed submarine...
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    million years old, that fit the hotspot model. The discovery in 1975 of Vailuluʻu Seamount 45 km east of Taʻu in American Samoa has since been studied by...
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    examples are Kamaʻehuakanaloa (formerly Lo‘ihi) in the Hawaiian Islands and Vailulu'u in the Manu'a Group (Samoa). The most apparent lava flows at a seamount...
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     Canada 51°24′N 130°54′W / 51.4°N 130.9°W / 51.4; -130.9 Holocene Vailuluʻu −590 m (−1,940 ft)  American Samoa 14°12′54″S 169°3′30″W / 14.21500°S...
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  • painter George A. J. Webb Lalla Rookh Bank, a volcanic seamount near Vailuluʻu in the South Pacific Lalla Rookh, a thoroughbred racehorse, descendant...
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