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  2. Nikkō Seamount - Wikipedia

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    The Nikkō caldera is a volcanic complex consisting of a caldera and 2 other cones that are the active parts of the volcano which last had an activity in 1979. [2] It is 155 km (96 mi) south-southeast of Iwo Jima and 945 km (587 mi) north-northwest of Saipan .

  3. Volcano Islands - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] The islands are all active volcanoes lying atop the Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc that stretches south to the Marianas. They have an area of 32.55 square kilometres (12.57 sq mi), and a population of 380. The island of Iwo Jima in the Volcano Islands lies about 1,240 kilometres (670 nmi; 771 mi) southeast of Miyazaki. [3]

  4. Volcano Island - Wikipedia

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    Taal Volcano, an island volcano in the Philippines; ... Vulcano Island, a small volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea; Other uses. Nicktoons: ...

  5. Kamaʻehuakanaloa Seamount - Wikipedia

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    Kamaʻehuakanaloa Seamount [6] (previously known as Lōʻihi) is an active submarine volcano about 22 mi (35 km) off the southeast coast of the island of Hawaii. [7] The top of the seamount is about 3,200 ft (975 m) below sea level.

  6. List of volcanoes in the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain

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    Further subsidence causes the volcano to sink below the sea surface, becoming a seamount. Once a seamount is 600 m (2,000 ft) or more under the surface, it is also classed as a guyot . [ failed verification ] [ 1 ] This list documents the most significant volcanoes in the chain, ordered by distance from the hotspot, but there are many others ...

  7. Miyake-jima - Wikipedia

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    Miyake-jima (三宅島, "Miyake Island") is a volcanic island in the Izu archipelago in the Philippine Sea approximately 180 kilometers (110 mi) southeast of Tokyo, Japan. [1] As with the other islands in the Izu Island group, Miyake-jima forms part of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park .

  8. Volcanic island - Wikipedia

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    There are a number of volcanic islands that rise no more than 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) above sea level, often classified as islets or rocks, while some low islands, such as Banaba, Henderson Island, Makatea, Nauru, and Niue, rise over 50 metres (160 ft) above sea level. The two types of islands are often found in proximity to each other, especially ...

  9. North Iwo Jima - Wikipedia

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    North Iwo Jima (Japanese: 北硫黄島, Kita Iwōjima, "North Sulfur Island"), [1] now officially North or Kita Iōtō (written with the same characters) and previously known as Santo [2] or San Alessandro, [3] Hooge Meeuwen Island (Dutch: t'Hooge Meuwen Eylandt, "High Seagull Island"), [4] and North Sulfur Island, is the northernmost member of Japan's Volcano Islands.