Vance Seamounts

Vance Seamounts

The Vance Seamounts are a group of six submarine volcanoes located west of the Juan de Fuca Ridge. Most of the seamounts contain a caldera. [ [http://www.mbari.org/data/mapping/seamounts/vance.htm MBARI - Mapping Program - West Coast Seamounts and Ridges Multibeam Survey] Retrieved on 2007-10-03]

ee also

*List of submarine volcanoes

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