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Tuscarora Bank Atoll

IndexSMNT-118S-1782W ClassificationIntermediate B3 Atoll
Location11º 46.63' S
178º 24.53' W
Elongation
Irregularity
2.15 ± 0.11
1.32 ± 0.20
Plate Age Oceanic ProvinceAbyssal Plain
RegionSamoan Hotspot Trail Alternative NamesAdolph Knoll, Tuscarora
PlatePacific Plate Age 
Tectonic SettingHotspot Trail Seamount Top0 m
Volume7798 km3 Ocean Bottom2645 m
Shelf Edge
  Volcanic ActivityExtinct
Description
Tuscarora Atoll is located at 11¿ 46.6' S,178¿ 24.5' W and is part of the Samoa Hotspot Trail on the Pacific Plate. Tuscarora displays the shallow morphology of drowned atoll and is 2645 m tall with the top at 0 m and ocean bottom at -2645 m. The seamount is intermediate in size with a volume of 7797 km3. It is moderately elongated in an east, west direction with an azimuth of approximately 96¿. The edges of the seamount are slightly irregular. It lies along the orientation of the Tuvalu volcanic chain between Nukulaelae and Wallis and is located northwest of Combe Bank and southwest of Robbie.
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Tuscarora Bank Atoll -- Multibeam data merged with predicted satellite bathymetry
Tuscarora Bank Atoll -- Multibeam bathymetry
Tuscarora Bank Atoll -- Predicted satellite bathymetry
Tuscarora Bank Atoll -- Residual bathymetry


Samoan Hotspot Trail -- Multibeam bathymetry

Samoan Hotspot Trail -- Predicted satellite bathymetry

Samoan Hotspot Trail -- Tile 2 -- Multibeam data merged with predicted satellite bathymetry

Samoan Hotspot Trail -- Tile 2 -- Multibeam bathymetry

Samoan Hotspot Trail -- Tile 2 -- Predicted satellite bathymetry

Samoan Hotspot Trail -- Tile 2 -- Residual bathymetry

Samoan Hotspot Trail -- Tile 3 -- Multibeam data merged with predicted satellite bathymetry

Samoan Hotspot Trail -- Tile 3 -- Multibeam bathymetry

Samoan Hotspot Trail -- Tile 3 -- Predicted satellite bathymetry

Samoan Hotspot Trail -- Tile 3 -- Residual bathymetry
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