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seamount

Large submarine volcanic mountain rising at least 3,000 ft (1,000 m) above the surrounding seafloor; smaller submarine volcanoes are called sea knolls, and flat-topped seamounts are called guyots. Seamounts are abundant and occur in all major ocean basins. By the late 1970s more than 10,000 seamounts had been reported in the Pacific Ocean basin alone. Virtually every oceanographic expedition discovers new seamounts, and it is estimated that about 20,000 exist worldwide.

seamount [′sē‚mau̇nt]
(geology)
A mountain rising from the ocean floor as a result of submarine volcanism.
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Byline: ANI Washington, Feb 12 (ANI): New findings indicate that seamounts may serve as refuges for deep-sea animals that struggle to survive elsewhere.
Seamounts may serve as refuges for deep-sea animals by Asian News International
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Fishing ships from the former Soviet Union used trawls to fish the Corner Rise Seamounts between 1976 and 1996, seeking the bug-eyed alfonsino fish--often sold in stores as snapper.
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In The Silent Deep, Koslow--a former CSIRO marine scientist--provides his readers with a full account of the deep ocean, including the history of exploration, the chemical and physical forces that generate life, and the ecology of seamounts and the species-rich (possibly the richest) ecosystems that are the abyssal and bathyal plains.
Taking a stand on deep-sea conservation by Macauley, Craig / Ecos
 
 
 
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