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Map detailing the names of the seamounts within the Musicians Seamounts group. Image courtesy of Seamount Biogeosciences Network - Seamount Catalog.Download larger version (jpg, 1.7 MB).
The Musicians Seamounts are a province, or collection, of about 25 underwater mountains in the central Pacific Ocean just north of the main Hawaiian Islands and bordering the eastern boundary of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
Biography of 2 international mathematicians seamounts
They are extrusive constructional volcanic features, meaning they were erupted as molten lava from the seafloor and built up over millions of years. Some may have eventually broken the sea surface and become islands, while most never made it that far, stalling out before reaching their first breath of air.
During the latter half of the previous century, rocks from some of these seamounts were dredged up and dated, indicating these features are of Cretaceous age, 65 to 95 millions old, mere youngsters during the time that dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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