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