Kama‘ehuakanaloa Seamount, Underwater volcano in Hawaii
Kama'ehuakanaloa, also known as Lōʻihi Seamount, is an active submarine volcano located off the southeast coast of the Island of Hawaii.
The seamount was discovered in 1955 and has been studied extensively by the Hawaiian Undersea Research Laboratory.
In Hawaiian mythology, Kama'ehuakanaloa is considered a physical manifestation of the deity Kanaloa, the god of the ocean.
Despite being underwater, the summit of the seamount is only about 975 meters below sea level.
It's the youngest volcano in the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain, a string of volcanoes that stretches over 5,800 kilometers across the Pacific Ocean.
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