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Lōʻihi Seamount, Hawaii, USAi
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Lōʻihi SeamountSeamount
HawaiiState
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
18° 55' 12'' North , 155° 16' 12'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Naalehu866 (2017)36.5km
Pāhala1,356 (2017)38.3km
Wai‘ōhinu213 (2016)39.8km
Hawaiian Ocean View4,437 (2011)54.6km
Mindat Locality ID:
405473
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:405473:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Loihi Seamount
Other Languages:
French:
Lōʻihi, Hawaï, États-Unis
German:
Lōʻihi, Hawaii, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
Loihi, Hawaii, Stati Uniti d'America
Russian:
Лоихи, Гавайи, Соединённые Штаты Америки
Simplified Chinese:
罗希海底山, 夏威夷州, 美国
Spanish:
Lōʻihi, Hawái, Estados Unidos
Catalan:
Loihi, Hawaii, Estats Units d’Amèrica
Czech:
Lōʻihi, Havaj, Spojené státy americké
Dutch:
Loihi, Hawaï, Verenigde Staten
Esperanto:
Loihi, Havajo
Farsi/Persian:
دریاکوه لوئیهی, هاوایی, ایالات متحده آمریکا
Finnish:
Loihi, Havaiji, Yhdysvallat
Greek:
υποθαλάσσιο όρος Λόιχι, Χαβάη, Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες Αμερικής
Hawaiian:
Lōʻihi, Hawai‘i, ‘Amelika Hui Pū ‘ia
Hebrew:
לוהיאי, הוואי, ארצות הברית
Indonesian:
Lōʻihi Seamount, Hawaii, Amerika Serikat
Japanese:
ロイヒ, ハワイ州, アメリカ合衆国
Lithuanian:
Loihi, Havajai, Jungtinės Amerikos Valstijos
Minangkabau:
Lōʻihi Seamount, Hawaii, Amerika Sarikat
Norwegian:
Loihi Seamount, Hawaii, USA
Ossetian:
Лоихи, Гавайи, Америкæйы Иугонд Штаттæ
Polish:
Lōʻihi, Hawaje, Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Lō‘ihi, Havaí, Estados Unidos
Swedish:
Loihi Seamount, Hawaii, USA
Traditional Chinese:
羅希海底山, 夏威夷州, 美國
Turkish:
Lōʻihi denizaltı dağ dizisi, Hawaii, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Ukrainian:
Лоїхі, Гаваї, Сполучені Штати Америки
Wu Chinese:
罗希海底山, 夏威夷州, 美国


Discovered in 1978, lies c. 35 km SE of Hawaii and is the youngest and smallers Hawaiian volcano (Garcia et al. 2006).

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C5%8D%CA%BBihi_Seamount
Wikidata ID:Q1133111
GeoNames ID:4031274

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