LOIHI VOLCANO 



Figure 1. Top: Fishnet image of Loihi Seamount. This oblique 



view of Loihi from the southeast is based on a February 1987 

 bathymetric survey using the Sea Beam system on the R/V 

 Atlantis II . Note the two depressions (pit craters) at the 

 summit of Loihi which are over 300 m deep. A prominent rift 

 zone extends towards the southeast. A lesser rift zone 

 trends towards the north. Vertical exaggeration is 3:1. 

 Image courtesy of Michael Garcia, Hawaii Institute of 

 Geophysics. Bottom: Map of the summit of Loihi Seamount 

 showing the characteristic pit craters and major rift zone 

 (from Malahoff, McMurtry, Wiltshire, and Yeh (1982). 



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