[2] Bounty has a conical shape, with three summit cones and several rift zones.

Pillow lavas and hyaloclastite cover its slopes,[5] and parasitic vents can be observed as well.

[7] Bounty has erupted rocks with compositions of alkali basalt, trachyandesite and trachyte.

[8] Bounty Seamount was formed in several stages,[2] and it could have developed over a time of 58,000 years.

[2] This hydrothermal venting manifests itself by the release of low-temperature fluids and the formation of iron-rich crusts.