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Peirce Seamount

Coordinates: 53°26′N 136°19′W / 53.44°N 136.32°W / 53.44; -136.32
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Peirce Seamount
Summit depth1,809 m (5,935 ft)
Location
LocationNorth Pacific Ocean
Coordinates53°26′N 136°19′W / 53.44°N 136.32°W / 53.44; -136.32
CountryCanada
Geology
TypeSubmarine volcano

Peirce Seamount, also called Pierce Seamount, is a seamount located in the Pacific Ocean west of the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada. It lies between Denson Seamount and Hodgkins Seamount and is member of the Kodiak-Bowie Seamount chain, a chain of seamounts in southeastern Gulf of Alaska stretching from the Aleutian Trench in the north to Bowie Seamount in the south.

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