Seamount Catalog -- Si'usi'u Seamount -- Samoan Hotspot Trail


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Si'usi'u Seamount

Index	SMNT-132S-1736W	Classification	Small C2 Seamount
Location	13º 13.01' S 173º 34.82' W	Elongation Irregularity	1.74 ± 0.18 1.54 ± 0.13
Plate Age		Oceanic Province	Abyssal Plain
Region	Samoan Hotspot Trail	Alternative Names	Seamount 1713
Plate	Pacific Plate	Age
Tectonic Setting	Hotspot Trail	Seamount Top	1270 m
Volume	1626 km³	Ocean Bottom	4110 m
Shelf Edge		Volcanic Activity	Extinct


Description
Si'usi'u Seamount is located at 13¿ 13' S, 173¿ 34.8 W and is part of the Samoan Hotspot Trail on the Pacific Plate. The seamount is 2840 m tall with the top at -1270 m and the ocean bottom at -4110 m. It is fairly small with a volume 1625 km3. The seamount is slightly elongated in a southeast, northwest direction with an azimuth of approximately 136¿. The edges of the seamount are moderately irregular.

BATHYMETRIC MAPS [ 4 SEAMOUNT MAPS AND 6 REGIONAL MAPS ]


	Si'usi'u Seamount -- Multibeam data merged with predicted satellite bathymetry
	Si'usi'u Seamount -- Multibeam bathymetry
	Si'usi'u Seamount -- Predicted satellite bathymetry
	Si'usi'u Seamount -- 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

GRID FILES [ 4 SEAMOUNT FILES AND 6 REGIONAL FILES ]

MORPHOLOGY ANALYSIS