Pako Guyot

A 65 square kilometres (25 sq mi) large area on the northwestern corner of Pako Guyot's summit plateau is free of sediments.

[12] The hotspots that formed Pako Guyot were located in what is today French Polynesia.

[6] Volcanic rocks dredged from Pako are of sodium-potassium hawaiitic and trachybasaltic composition[2] and geochemically resemble these erupted by the Rarotonga hotspot.

[13] Clays with Cenomanian-age radiolarian fossils cover the entire lower slopes of Pako Guyot.

[2] In 2014, China obtained a contract with the International Seabed Authority allowing for exploration of Pako Guyot for cobalt crusts.