Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Greenpeace
Publication Year:
2005
Publication Place
?
Physical Description:
9 Pages
Call Number
[EL]
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
34711
Legacy PEIN ID:
74712
General Notes
Available online
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Marine resources - Conservation - Oceania
Protected areas - Oceania
Protected areas - Management
Marine resource
Marine resource management
Marine resources - Pacific - Oceania
Protected areas
Marine conservation
Marine
Abstract
A great deal of deep-sea biodiversity is concentrated around features known as seamounts. Seamounts are like underwater islands - mountains that rise 1,000 meters or higher from the seabed but do not break the ocean surface. Although they have not been comprehensively mapped, it is estimated that there may be more than 100,000 seamounts worldwide. Almost half of these are believed to lie in the Pacific Ocean. To date, less than one percent of known seamounts have been comprehensively studied. The largest mountain range on planet Earth is beneath the ocean the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Greenpeace
Publication Year:
2005
Publication Place
?
Physical Description:
9 Pages
Call Number
[EL]
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
34711
Legacy PEIN ID:
74712
General Notes
Available online
Record Created: 23-May-2008
Record Modified: 23-Feb-2021