Portal:Volcanoes/Did you know/7
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- ... that The Volcano (pictured) in northwestern British Columbia is the youngest known volcano in Canada, and its last eruption likely took place only 150 years ago?
- ... that the Geology of the Northland Region, New Zealand, includes exotic seafloor rocks, an extinct volcanic arc, and a massive tombolo?
- ... that volcanic eruptions may have contributed to the population decline of the Pink-headed warbler?
- ... that CenSeam is an initiative to biologically sample seamounts (submarine volcanoes), of which about 100,000 exist and only 350 have received attention?
- ... that the Graveyard Seamounts are all named morbidly, with names such as Pyre Seamount, Morgue Seamount, and Zombie Seamount?
- ... that the tablemount structure of Sedlo Seamount, a seamount (submarine volcano), indicates that it used to be above the water?
- ... that observations and samplings from Jasper Seamount show that it is very similar to Hawaiian volcanoes?
- ... that South Chamorro Seamount, a submarine mud volcano near the Mariana Trench, is only the second such structure in the world to be sampled?