Overview
This enormous find, which covers 14 square kilometers and is located 2400 meters (7874 feet) below sea level, was made in July as a part of the institute’s continuous ocean exploration activities with the research vessel Falkland. At 1600 meters (5,249 feet), the seamount is nearly twice as tall as the world’s tallest structure, the Burr Halifax in Dubai! The nonprofit Schmidt Ocean Institute made the discovery of the seamount while on an expedition.
The globe has been left in shock by yet another important geological discovery! Scientists have made a significant discovery when they discovered an enormous underwater mountain off the coast of Guatemala in the Pacific Ocean. This mountain is known as a seamount. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOVA) Ocean Exploration, the seamount is thought to resemble other seamounts and represent the relic of an extinct volcano.
It may surprise you to learn that the seamount is 1600 meters (5,249 feet) high—nearly twice as tall as the world’s tallest structure, the Burr Halifax in Dubai! The nonprofit Schmidt Ocean Institute made the discovery of the seamount while on an expedition.
This enormous find, which covers 14 square kilometers and is located 2400 meters (7874 feet) below sea level, was made in July as a part of the institute’s continuous ocean exploration activities with the research vessel Falkland.
Using a multi beam echo sounder, Falkland mapped the seafloor by emitting sound waves in a fan-shaped pattern and timing how long it took for the sound to travel to and from the ocean floor. Comer Setter of the Schmidt Ocean Institute, a marine technician and radiographer, pointed out that the seamount was not included in any ocean depth databases, such as the General Barometric Chart of the Oceans.
Enthusiastically speaking, Schmidt Ocean Institute executive director Dr. Eukaryotic Armani said, “A seamount over 1.5 kilometers tall, which has, until now, been hidden under the waves really highlights how much we have yet to discover.”
She emphasized the significance of a thorough seafloor map for comprehending the ocean and praised the technological age for making it possible to explore and see these hitherto undiscovered facets of our world.
Les Gatling, an emeritus professor of biology at the University of Hawaii at Manga, pointed out that the development of extremely capable remotely operated vehicles (RVs) and human-occupied submersibles has made seamount exploration relatively new.
The discovery was made 84 nautical miles outside of the Exclusive Economic Zone of Guatemala. Less than tenth of one percent of the world’s seamounts—roughly 100,000—have been examined to far, out of a total of over 100,000, according to NOVA.