The discovery of Tamu Massif, a gigantic volcano located about 1,000 miles east of Japan, made big news in 2013 when researchers reported it was the largest single volcano documented on earth, roughly ...

Tamu Massif is a volcano the size of New Mexico and lurks 6,500 feet beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean. During their 36 day expedition, the science team undertook a survey of immense ...

The largest volcano in the world, Tamu Massif, eluded the aforementioned title for quite some time as geologists worked to determine whether the shield volcano was in fact a single volcano or a ...

Tamu Massif, the Largest Single Volcano on Earth (IMAGE) University of Houston Caption This 3-D image of the seafloor shows the size and shape of Tamu Massif, a huge feature in the northern Pacific ...

Earth’s biggest volcano, its peak nearly two kilometers beneath the Pacific Ocean waves, is beginning to reveal its secrets. New magnetic data suggest that the gigantic underwater mountain known as ...