Scientists Discover New 1100-Meter Seamount Rising from the Ocean Floor

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Date
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Source
ScienceWorldReport
Summary

Scientists may have just found a new mountain beneath the waves of the Pacific Ocean. During a seafloor mapping mission, they found a new seamount near the Johnson Atoll rising 1,100 meters from the 5,100-meter-deep seafloor.