- Geologic data also indicated that Tamu Massif formed at the junction of three mid-ocean ridges, which was a highly unusual occurrence.[14].
- Tamu Massif is a combination of an abbreviation of Texas A&M University and the French word for massive, which is also a geological term for large mountain mass.
- Tamu Massif is an extinct volcano in the Pacific Ocean, around 1,000 miles east of Japan. It covers an area of 120,000 square miles—roughly the size of New Mexico.
- Dubbed ‘The Tamu Massif’, it is located about 1,600 km (1,000 miles) east of Japan, and is the largest feature of an underwater mountain range called Shatsky Rise.
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- Tamu Massif is a rounded dome that measures about 280 by 400 miles (450 by 650 kilometers), or more than 100,000 square miles.
- Tamu Massif was declared the largest single volcano in the world when it was located in the Pacific Ocean about 1600 kilometres east of Japan in 2013 – but now...
- If Tamu Massif or one of its cousins erupted again, it could make the Pacific Ocean more acidic, killing all kinds of marine life.
- “Tamu” is an abbreviation of Texas A&M University, where Sager worked for 29 years, and “Massif” comes from the French word for massive.
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