Spotlight 5: Great Meteor Seamount
Great Meteor Seamount is one of the largest seamounts in the Atlantic Ocean, rising from 4200-m depth at the seafloor to 270-m depth beneath the sea surface. Its elliptical plateau encompasses an area of 1500 km2, roughly matching the size of the Spanish island of Gran Canaria. There is a long tradi...
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The Oceanography Society
2010-03-01
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| Series: | Oceanography |
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| Online Access: | http://tos.org/oceanography/issues/issue_archive/issue_pdfs/23_1/23-1_mohn.pdf |