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Seamount - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 2 months ago by cron@feddit.org to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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An intersting article about mountains that are completely submerged in water, many from volcanic origin.

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[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago

When lava pours out near the sea surface, tremendous volcanic explosions sometimes occur

In time, submarine seamounts, or islands, are formed