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Latest revision as of 17:34, 3 March 2022
Definition of Seamount:
A large, individual peak, volcanic in origin, with a characteristic conical form and a crest that rises more than 1,000 meters above the surrounding sea floor. [1]
This is the common definition for Seamount, other definitions can be discussed in the article
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Arctic seamount from multibeam echosounder [2]
