Tamu Massif

“Tamu Massif differs from typical seamounts in that it has a nearly indiscernible slope—around 1 degree near the summit (which sits 6,500 feet below the surface), and much less near the base, National Geographic reports. And Sager says other oceanic plateaus could also be volcanoes: "There may be bigger ones out there,” said USA Today news.

1,000 miles East of Japan, scientists discovered something surprising.  In the Pacific Ocean, they found Earth’s largest volcano.  The volcano, called Tamu Massif, is roughly the size of Arizona or 280 miles by 400 miles.  This monstrosity ranks amongst one of the largest structures in the solar system. 

            Geologists believe Tamu Massif is an arrangement of several volcanoes combined together to create one large volcano. 

"We saw what appear to be lava flows going out from the center of the volcano in all directions, with no obvious large secondary source of volcanism," says lead author William Sager — meaning this is "one huge volcano." (Though one that has been inactive for as many as 145 million years.), said USA Today news.

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