EarthRef.org Digital Archive (ERDA) -- Map of Hawaiian Islands and Emperor Seamounts

Description
This map shows the locations of the Hawaiian Islands and Emperor Seamounts. The islands shown in solid green are the Hawaiian Islands, which are currently above sea level. The islands on the very far left of the map however, are seamounts. Seamounts are volcanoes that below sea level. Seamounts have either yet to reach the surface or have eroded and weathered over many years until they no longer are above the surface of the ocean. For radiometric age information on the Hawaiian Islands and Emperor Seamounts look at Radiometric Age of Volcanoes Along Hawaiian Ridge.

Location
15º 00.00' N - 30º 00.00' N

175º 00.00' E - 25º 00.00' W, Pacific Ocean, United States of America, Hawaiian Ridge, Emperor seamounts

Instructions
Use this map in conjunction with the age of Hawaiian Islands and outer seamounts simplified data set in order to determine distance of the islands and seamounts from Kilauea. Remember that one degree of latitude is equal to ~69 miles (or 111 km), at the equator one degree of longitude equals 69.172 miles (111.321 km) and at 40? of latitude north or south one degree of longitude equals ~ 53 miles (85 km).

Keywords
Hawaiian Ridge, Seamount, Kure, Midway, Pearl and Hermes Reef, Layson, Northampton, Gardner, Brooks Bank, French Frigate Shoal, Nihoa, Kauai, Kilauea, Necker, ERESE

Copyright Owner
Enduring Resources for Earth Science Education (ERESE)

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