NSF: Active 14,000-foot-high submarine volcano found near Samoa in South Pacific.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-26 April 1999-NSF: Active 14,000-foot-high submarine volcano found near Samoa in South Pacific (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:260499 An active volcano rising more than 4,300 meters (some 14,100 feet) from the ocean floor in the Samoa Islands has been discovered by a team of National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded scientists, providing more evidence in the scientific debate over the formation of hot spot island chains.

The volcano, more than 35 kilometers (about 22 miles) across at its base, rises to within 600 meters (about 2,000 feet) of the surface. Its peak is marked by a circular caldera some two kilometers (about one mile) across and 400 meters (1,300 feet) deep. It is similar in size to Mt. Whitney in California, the U.S. largest...