Click the link below the picture
.
The experts uncovered the towering marvel some 7,870 feet (2,400 m) below sea level during an expedition organised by the Schmidt Ocean Institute over the summer.
“A seamount over 1.5 kilometres tall which has, until now, been hidden under the waves really highlights how much we have yet to discover,” Jyotika Virmani, the executive director of Schmidt Ocean Institute, said in a statement.
The cone-shaped feature covers 5.4 square miles (14 square kilometres) and is located in the Pacific Ocean, in international waters, 97 miles (156 kilometres) from Guatemalan waters.
The team made the exciting discovery thanks to multibeam sonar mapping during a six-day crossing from Costa Rica.
Seamounts serve as vital rocky habitats for deep-sea corals, sponges, and invertebrates since the majority of the Earth’s seabeds are covered in loose, muddy sediment.
Satellite data suggests there are more than 100,000 unexplored seamounts that will be uncovered through ongoing seafloor mapping.
“A complete seafloor map is a fundamental element of understanding our ocean,” Virmani said. “It’s exciting to be living in an era where technology allows us to map and see these amazing parts of our planet for the first time.”
The Schmidt Ocean Institute is working alongside the Seabed 2030 project and other partners to map out the entire seafloor by the end of the decade.
.
.
.
Click the link below for the complete video (sound on):
.
__________________________________________
James' World 2 
Leave a comment