Taney Seamounts | |
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Highest point | |
Coordinates | 36°41′18″N 125°20′15″W / 36.6882°N 125.3375°W [1] |
Dimensions | |
Volume | 11 km3 (3 cu mi) to 187 km3 (45 cu mi) in volume[2] |
Geography | |
Location | Pacific Ocean, west of San Francisco |
Peaks | Five seamounts (underwater volcanoes) |
Geology | |
Age of rock | ~26 million years[2] |
Mountain type | Volcanic chain |
The Taney Seamounts are a range of five extinct underwater volcanoes located 300 kilometres (160 nmi; 190 mi) west of San Francisco on the Pacific Plate.[2] The seamounts were identified during the United States Geological Survey's scan of the Exclusive Economic Zone,[3] conducted in the 1980s with the GLORIA sidescan sonar.[4]