Seamount

Seamount

A large isolated elevation rising more than 1,000 metres above the sea floor, and characteristically of conical form. (Notable examples include Shimada Seamount in the Eastern Equatorial North Pacific and Bear Seamount in the New England Seamount Chain. )

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