seamount

English

Etymology

sea +‎ mount

Noun

seamount (plural seamounts)

1. (oceanography) An underwater mountain with a prominence of more than 1,000 metres, which does not breach the water's surface.

   Coordinate term: knoll

Derived terms

• seamount chain

Translations

underwater mountain

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 海底山 (hǎidǐshān)

• French: piton sous-marin m
• German: Tiefseeberg m
• Italian: montagna sottomarina m
• Japanese: 海山 (かいざん, kaizan, うみやま, umiyama)
• Korean: 해산(海山) (ko) (haesan)
• Russian: подво́дная гора́ f (podvódnaja gorá)
• Spanish: monte marino m
• Ukrainian: підво́дна гора́ f (pidvódna horá)

See also

• guyot

Anagrams

• outnames