seeping in the seamounts put pressure on their sides, causing landslides that have the potential to generate massive tsunamis.

Geography

Seamounts can be found in every ocean basin in the world, distributed extremely widely both in space and in age. A seamount is technically defined as an isolated rise in elevation of 1000 m or more from the surrounding seafloor, and with a limited summit area, of conical form. There are more than 14,500 seamounts. In addition

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