What is the naming convention for the Emperor Seamounts?

The provided sources discuss the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain and the geographic and geological features of the Hawaiian Islands, but they contain no information regarding the specific naming convention used for the individual Emperor Seamounts. Consequently, the naming convention remains unsupported by the current source text.

What we know

• The Hawaiian Islands and the Emperor Seamounts form a great undersea mountain range created by volcanic activity over a mantle hotspot. [2]
• The archipelago formed as the Pacific plate moved slowly northwestward over the mantle hotspot at a rate of about 51 kilometers per million years. [2]
• The state of Hawaii officially recognizes 137 islands, while a Wikimedia list article lists 152 separate islands including smaller islets, rocks, coral reefs, and atolls. [1, 2]

Still open

• The provided sources do not specify the naming convention used for the Emperor Seamounts.

Where to go next

• what caused itHow did the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain form?
• a case in pointWhat are the characteristics of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands?
• how we knowHow does potassium-argon dating estimate the age of the archipelago?
• the bigger pictureWhat is the geological history of the Pacific plate movement?
• compared withHow do Heard Island and McDonald Islands compare in volcanic activity?
• an unexpected connectionHow do subantarctic volcanic islands compare to Hawaiian volcanoes?Both feature prominent volcanic peaks formed in oceanic settings, though they exist in vastly different climatic regions.

Sources

• [1]list of islands of Hawaii (Wikidata Q6624464) · CC0 1.0
• [2]List of islands of Hawaii · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [3]List of organisms named after famous people (born 1925–1949) · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [4]Heard Island and McDonald Islands · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [5]Antarctic toothfish · CC BY-SA 4.0