seamount

English

Etymology

sea +‎ mount

Noun

seamount (plural seamounts)

(oceanography) An underwater mountain with a prominence of more than 1,000 metres, which does not breach the water's surface.
Coordinate term: knoll

Derived terms

seamount chain

Translations

underwater mountain

Chinese:
Mandarin: 海底山 (hǎidǐshān)
French: piton sous-marin m
German: Tiefseeberg m
Italian: montagna sottomarina m
Japanese: 海山 (かいざん, kaizan, うみやま, umiyama)
Korean: 해산(海山) (ko) (haesan)
Russian: подво́дная гора́ f (podvódnaja gorá)
Spanish: monte marino m
Ukrainian: підво́дна гора́ f (pidvódna horá)

See also

guyot

Anagrams

outnames

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