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Tamu Massif: depth and map

Seamount or guyot: 3,179 m to the summit (GEBCO_2026 grid).

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How to read the map. Darker blue is deeper water. Tap anywhere to see how deep the sea is there, or how high the land is, and the nearest named undersea feature. Depths come from the GEBCO_2026 grid, which in most of the deep ocean is predicted from satellite measurements of the sea surface rather than surveyed by ship, and the map’s tiles are coarser than the grid, so narrow trenches read shallower on the map than their true depth. Not for navigation.

Tamu Massif at a glance

  • 3,179 mto the summit, in the grid
  • Seamount or guyottype of feature
  • 33.00° N, 158.00° Elisted point
  • Japannearest country, about 1,040 km
  • 1,980 mWikidata's own depth

Tamu Massif is a seamount or guyot. Its summit is about 3,179 m below the surface in the GEBCO grid. That figure is the depth of the shallowest cell within 10 km of its listed point, which is its summit. The nearest country in our list is Japan, about 1,040 km from its listed point.

Open the main map at its summit and tap anywhere to read the depth.

How deep is the Tamu Massif?

The grid figure is 3,179 m. We measured it as the depth of the shallowest cell within 10 km of its listed point, which is its summit. The cell is at 32.94° N, 157.92° E. The GEBCO_2026 grid has a value every 15 arc-seconds, about 460 m at the equator, so a very narrow feature can be a little deeper or shallower in reality than any grid cell shows.

Wikidata gives 1,980 m, which is 1,199 m shallower than the grid figure of 3,179 m. Published depths for the same feature often differ like this: they can come from one ship's sounding of one spot rather than a gridded model, or refer to a different part of a long feature. We show both, and use the grid figure in our headline numbers because every depth on this site then comes from one source.

About seamounts and guyots

A seamount is an underwater mountain, usually an extinct volcano. A guyot is a seamount with a flat top, worn flat by waves when it once stood at the surface.

This site lists 420 seamounts and guyots, 115 of them with their own indexed page. See all undersea features.

Nearby undersea features

Distances are between listed points. A long feature such as a trench or ridge has a single listed point on Wikidata.

The highest seamount summits in our list

Frequently asked questions

How deep is the top of Tamu Massif?

In the GEBCO grid the figure is 3,179 m. That is the depth of the shallowest cell within 10 km of its listed point, which is its summit. Wikidata gives 1,980 m, which is 1,199 m shallower than the grid figure of 3,179 m. Published depths for the same feature often differ like this: they can come from one ship's sounding of one spot rather than a gridded model, or refer to a different part of a long feature. We show both, and use the grid figure in our headline numbers because every depth on this site then comes from one source.

Where is the Tamu Massif?

Its listed point is 33.00° N, 158.00° E, about 1,040 km from Japan. The grid's shallowest cell for it is at 32.94° N, 157.92° E.

Data: depth from the GEBCO_2026 grid. Name and position from Wikidata Q14831565 (CC0); Wikipedia article. See data sources and licences. The GEBCO Grid should NOT be used for navigation or for any other purpose involving safety at sea.

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