Panov Seamount
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Panov is minor seamount
in the southeast Pacific located near the western part of the Valdivia Fracture Zone
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Seamount
A seamount is a mountain rising from the ocean seafloor that does not reach to the water's surface , and thus is not an island. These are typically formed from extinct volcanoes, that rise abruptly and are usually found rising from a seafloor of depth. They are defined by oceanographers as...
in the southeast Pacific located near the western part of the Valdivia Fracture Zone
Valdivia Fracture Zone
The Valdivia Fracture Zone is a transform fault zone off the coast of southern Chile which runs between the continental slope near Valdivia in Chile and the Panov Seamount crossing the East Pacific Rise....
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