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The steep slopes, ridges, and tops of seamounts in the South Pacific and elsewhere are home to a rich variety of marine life, including large pools of undiscovered species.
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Alan B. Sielen, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
As industrial trawlers bulldoze their way along, the surfaces of seamounts are reduced to sand, bare rock, and rubble.
—Alan B. Sielen, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
In the depths of the ocean, underwater mountains tower over the seafloor in a string of isolated islands.
Called seamounts, the protruding geological features are covered with a diversity of life seldom seen in other parts of the sea.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 28 May 2024
The seamounts are about 700 miles east of the Delaware coast.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2024
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Alan B. Sielen, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
As industrial trawlers bulldoze their way along, the surfaces of seamounts are reduced to sand, bare rock, and rubble.
—Alan B. Sielen, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
In the depths of the ocean, underwater mountains tower over the seafloor in a string of isolated islands.
Called seamounts, the protruding geological features are covered with a diversity of life seldom seen in other parts of the sea.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 28 May 2024
The seamounts are about 700 miles east of the Delaware coast.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2024
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seamount
noun
sea·mount
ˈsē-ˌmau̇nt 
: a submarine mountain
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