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Seamount

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A seamount is a large submarine landform that rises from the ocean floor without breaking the sea surface, so it is not an island, islet or exposed rock. Most seamounts are extinct volcanoes that rise abruptly from the seafloor, typically standing 100 to 4,000 meters tall.

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