Lewonjoui Guyot

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Lewonjoui Guyot
height 2985 m below sea level
location south of the Rongelap - atoll
Coordinates 10 ° 32 '19 "  N , 166 ° 27' 50"  E Coordinates: 10 ° 32 '19 "  N , 166 ° 27' 50"  E
Lewonjoui Guyot (Marshall Islands)
Lewonjoui Guyot
Type Deep sea mountain

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The Lewonjoui Guyot is a deep-sea mountain in the Pacific between Ailinginae , Wotho and Rongelap Atoll in the area of ​​the Marshall Islands . The mountain belongs to the West Pacific Seamount Province on the Pacific Plate . It rises to 2320 m above the sea floor, where the summit is still –2985 m below the water surface and the sea floor at –5305 m. The guyot is comparatively small with a volume of 1440 km³. It is elongated from northeast to southwest.

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  1. geonames.org .