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"Most of the newly discovered underwater mountains are on the small side — between roughly 700 and 2,500 meters tall". 2500 meters is small? Even 700 meters is
by cromwellian 3y ago
"Most of the newly discovered underwater mountains are on the small side — between roughly 700 and 2,500 meters tall". 2500 meters is small? Even 700 meters is almost as tall as the Burj Dubai. I'd call 2500 meters a decent sized mountain.
- nunuvit 3y agoYou may enjoy the movie The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain.
- notahacker 3y agoDepends on your point of reference though; the lowest lying lowland is around 3600m "tall" when measured from average ocean floor depth rather than sea level, and a 2500m seamount might be sitting in a valley surrounded by the underwater edges of continental shelf that's at least twice as high as it. By our usual standards, they're -1000m tall :)
- dylan604 3y agoIf you're in a submarine that is only 10m tall, 700m is huge. It seems like a pretty good idea to know where they are