A previously unmapped seamount we are calling 'Kahalewai.' This seamount has four ridges that radiate outward from the center. This ~4,200-meter (~13,800-foot) high seamount was almost 1,000 meters taller than previously thought.
A Previously Unmapped Seamount
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Mountains in the Deep: Exploring the Central Pacific Basin. Download larger version (jpg, 245 KB).

A previously unmapped seamount we are calling "Kahalewai." This seamount has four ridges that radiate outward from the center. This ~4,200-meter (~13,800-foot) high seamount was almost 1,000 meters taller than previously thought.

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