Seamount Formation | Nautilus Live

Did you know that underwater mountains are called seamounts? This teaching animation explains how seamounts- and related features like guyots -are formed by geological processes by examining the Hawaiian Island Chain.

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Fun fact: A few hundred km from Point Nemo there's a seamount that extends up to only a meter or two below sea level

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When lava pours out near the sea surface, tremendous volcanic explosions sometimes occur. In time, sub-marine seamounts, or islands, are formed.