List of seamounts in the Southern Ocean

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 in height. They are defined by oceanographers as independent features that rise to at least above the seafloor, characteristically of conical form.IHO, 2008. Standardization of Undersea Feature Names: Guidelines Proposal form Terminology, 4th ed. International Hydrographic Organization and Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Monaco.

List +NameLocationDate namedName originCoordinates Adare Seamounts Balleny Basin June 1988 Balleny Seamounts Balleny Islands June 1988 Barsukov Seamount June 1995 Named for Russian scientist Valeri Barsukov Belgica Guyot June 1997 Named for the Belgian research ship Belgica Dallmann Seamount June 1997 Named for polar explorer Eduard Dallmann De Gerlache Seamounts Named for Lieutenant Adrien Victor Joseph de Gerlache Hakurei Seamount Adélie Land July 1999 Named for the RV Hakurei-maru Iselin Seamount February 1964 Named for the research ship Iselin II Kemp Caldera Scotia Sea-Weddell Sea 2009 Lecointe Guyot June 1997 Named for explorer Georges Lecointe Lichtner Seamount April 2000 Named for German cartographer Werner Lichtner Maud Seamount February 1964 Orca Seamount Bransfield Strait 1967 Named for the orca whales that frequent the area Rosenthal Seamount Weddell Sea Named for Alfred Rosenthal Wordie Seamount Bransfield Strait Named for geologist James Wordie The Seamounts plotted using Google Map overlay.

See also List of submarine volcanoes

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