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]
Name | Location | Date named | Name origin | Coordinates |
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Adare Seamounts | Balleny Basin | June 1988 | 70°0′S 171°30′E / 70.000°S 171.500°E[2] | |
Balleny Seamounts | Balleny Islands | June 1988 | 61°0′S 161°30′E / 61.000°S 161.500°E[3] | |
Barsukov Seamount | June 1995 | Named for Russian scientist Valeri Barsukov | 61°3′S 29°12′W / 61.050°S 29.200°W[4] | |
Belgica Guyot | June 1997 | Named for the Belgian research ship Belgica | 65°30′S 90°30′W / 65.500°S 90.500°W[5] | |
Dallmann Seamount | June 1997 | Named for polar explorer Eduard Dallmann | 67°10′S 96°53′W / 67.167°S 96.883°W[6] | |
De Gerlache Seamounts | Named for Lieutenant Adrien Victor Joseph de Gerlache | 65°0′S 90°30′W / 65.000°S 90.500°W[7] | ||
Hakurei Seamount | Adélie Land | July 1999 | Named for the RV Hakurei-maru | 62°52′S 140°49′E / 62.867°S 140.817°E[8] |
Iselin Seamount | February 1964 | Named for the research ship Iselin II | 70°45′S 178°15′W / 70.750°S 178.250°W[9] | |
Kemp Caldera | Scotia Sea-Weddell Sea | 2009 | 59°42′S 28°15′W / 59.700°S 28.250°W[10] | |
Lecointe Guyot | June 1997 | Named for explorer Georges Lecointe | 65°6′S 93°0′W / 65.100°S 93.000°W[11] | |
Lichtner Seamount | April 2000 | Named for German cartographer Werner Lichtner | 67°33′S 0°40′W / 67.550°S 0.667°W[12] | |
Maud Seamount | February 1964 | 65°0′S 2°35′E / 65.000°S 2.583°E[13] | ||
Orca Seamount | Bransfield Strait | 1967 | Named for the orca whales that frequent the area | 62°26′00″S 58°24′00″W / 62.433334°S 58.400002°W[14] |
Rosenthal Seamount | Weddell Sea | Named for Alfred Rosenthal | 68°38′S 97°5′W / 68.633°S 97.083°W[15] | |
Wordie Seamount | Bransfield Strait | Named for geologist James Wordie | 61°48′S 55°27′W / 61.800°S 55.450°W[16] |