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... that the decomposing skeleton of a right whale was found on the submarine volcano Patton Seamount (pictured)?
... that Suiyo Seamount, a seamount near Japan, was thought to be extinct until a hydrothermal event in 1991 was brought to light?
... that death can be found living on hell's half acre?
... that the 27-million-year-old Cobb Seamount is so heavily encrusted in sea life that no bare rock surface has been found in dives?
... that parts of the shield volcano Fumarole Butte were once covered by Lake Bonneville?
... that the Temagami Greenstone Belt in Ontario was the site of the largest deposit of nearly pure chalcopyrite ever discovered in Canada?
... that the Makushin Volcano is one of the most active volcanoes of Alaska?

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