Earth:Hancock Seamount

Short description: Seamount of the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain in the Pacific Ocean

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

It was formed in the Eocene and Oligocene epochs of the Paleogene Period. The last eruption from Hancock Seamount is unknown.^[1]

To the southwest is Kure Atoll, which is the northernmost living atoll and westernmost island of the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain.

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