List of seamounts in the Southern Ocean

This is a list of Seamounts in the Southern Ocean. A seamount is a mountain rising from the ocean seafloor that does not reach to the water's surface (sea level), and thus is not an island, islet or Cliff-rock. Seamounts are typically formed from extinct volcanoes that rise abruptly and are usually found rising from the seafloor to 1,000–4,000 m (3,300–13,100 ft) in height. They are defined by oceanographers as independent features that rise to at least 1,000 m (3,281 ft) above the seafloor, characteristically of conical form.[1]

List
Name Location Date named Name origin Coordinates
Adare Seamounts Balleny Basin June 1988 70°0′S 171°30′E[2]
Balleny Seamounts Balleny Islands June 1988 61°0′S 161°30′E[3]
Barsukov Seamount June 1995 Named for Russian scientist Valeri Barsukov 61°3′S 29°12′W[4]
Belgica Guyot June 1997 Named for the Belgian research ship Belgica 65°30′S 90°30′W[5]
Dallmann Seamount June 1997 Named for polar explorer Eduard Dallmann 67°10′S 96°53′W[6]
De Gerlache Seamounts Named for Lieutenant Adrien Victor Joseph de Gerlache 65°0′S 90°30′W[7]
Hakurei Seamount Adélie Land July 1999 Named for the RV Hakurei-maru 62°52′S 140°49′E[8]
Iselin Seamount February 1964 Named for the research ship Iselin II 70°45′S 178°15′W[9]
Kemp Caldera Scotia Sea-Weddell Sea 2009 59°42′S 28°15′W[10]
Lecointe Guyot June 1997 Named for explorer Georges Lecointe 65°6′S 93°0′W[11]
Lichtner Seamount April 2000 Named for German cartographer Werner Lichtner 67°33′S 0°40′W[12]
Maud Seamount February 1964 65°0′S 2°35′E[13]
Orca Seamount Bransfield Strait 1967 Named for the orca whales that frequent the area 62°26′00″S 58°24′00″W[14]
Rosenthal Seamount Weddell Sea Named for Alfred Rosenthal 68°38′S 97°5′W[15]
Wordie Seamount Bransfield Strait Named for geologist James Wordie 61°48′S 55°27′W[16]

See also

References
  1. IHO, 2008. Standardization of Undersea Feature Names: Guidelines Proposal form Terminology, 4th ed. International Hydrographic Organisation and Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Monaco.
  2. "Adare Seamounts". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  3. "Balleny Seamounts". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  4. "Barsukov Seamount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  5. "Belgica Guyot". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  6. "Dallmann Seamount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  7. "De Gerlache Seamounts". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  8. "Hakurei Seamount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  9. "Iselin Seamount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  10. Linse, Katrin; Copley, Jonathan T.; Connelly, Douglas P.; Larter, Robert D.; Pearce, David A.; Polunin, Nick V. C.; Rogers, Alex D.; Chen, Chong; Clarke, Andrew; Glover, Adrian G.; Graham, Alastair G. C.; Huvenne, Veerle A. I.; Marsh, Leigh; Reid, William D. K.; Roterman, C. Nicolai; Sweeting, Christopher J.; Zwirglmaier, Katrin; Tyler, Paul A. (2019). "Fauna of the Kemp Caldera and its upper bathyal hydrothermal vents (South Sandwich Arc, Antarctica)". Royal Society Open Science. 6 (11): 4. doi:10.1098/rsos.191501.
  11. "Lecointe Guyot". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  12. "Lichtner Seamount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  13. "Maud Seamount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  14. "Orca Seamount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  15. "Rosenthal Seamount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  16. "Wordie Seamount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
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