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A seamount is a large submarine landform that rises from the ocean floor without reaching the water surface, and thus is not an island, islet, or cliff-rock. Seamounts are typically formed from extinc
Bear Seamount
Pillow lava, a type of basalt flow that originates from lava-water interactions during submarine eruptions
Grenadier fish (Coryphaenoides sp.) and bubblegum coral (Paragorgia arborea) on the crest of Davidson Seamount. These are two species attracted to the seamount; Paragorgia arborea in particular grows in the surrounding area as well, but nowhere near as profusely.
Coral earrings of this type are often made from coral harvested off seamounts.
Bear Seamount
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The Bear Seamount is a guyot or flat-topped underwater volcano in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the oldest of the New England Seamounts, which was active more than 100 million years ago. It was formed whe
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…Bear Seamount A seamount is a large submarine landform that rises from the ocean floor without reaching the water surface (sea level), and thus is not an island…
3-D depiction of Bear Seamount, with Physalia Seamount in the background.
NE seamounts