Lemkein

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Lemkein
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Coordinates 9°18′N166°05′E / 9.300°N 166.083°E / 9.300; 166.083
Lemkein

Lemkein is a seamount in the Western Pacific Ocean, west of Kwajalein. [1]

It is part of the Magellan Seamounts [2] and is a volcanic seamount covered with sediments. Ferromanganese crusts occur in some places. [3] Basalts in the form of pillow lavas altered to clay and zeoliths have been recovered from Lemkein. [4] Like other Magellan Seamounts, it formed south of the equator and was moved to its present-day position by plate tectonics. [5]

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References

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