Seamount Puns

What are all these seamounts in an almost perfectly rectangular pattern off the coast of southwest Norway? Remnants of WWII activity? Wrongly mapped salmon farms? Instrument errors?

Amphipods are small but mighty inhabitants of cold, deep-sea waters and seamounts. Some species are even armored with spines. At least 85 species of 𝘌𝘱𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢 (Crustacea, Epimeriidae) are known from the Ross Sea, Southern Ocean 📷: https://niwa.co.nz/blogs/critteroftheweek/156

Glass eels (Anguilla japonica): After migrating thousands of miles/km up the Pacific Ocean from the seamounts of the West Mariana Ridge, tiny, flat, translucent and critically endangered Japanese eel larvae arrive in Asia and metamorphose into glass eels and become freshwater fish.

From a "land of the giants" and extinct volcanoes of the Atlantic, at Corner Rise Seamounts, this impressive bubblegum coral colony (𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘢) is approximately 100 yr old. Large colonies of 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘢 can be 6 m (20 ft) in height. 📷: NOAA

Amphipods are small but mighty inhabitants of cold, deep-sea waters and seamounts. Some species are even armored with spines. At least 85 species of 𝘌𝘱𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢 (Crustacea, Epimeriidae) are known from the Ross Sea, Southern Ocean 📷: https://niwa.co.nz/blogs/critteroftheweek/156

Investigation Concludes USS Connecticut Grounded on Uncharted Seamount in South China Sea news.usni.org/2021/11/01/…

USS Connecticut ran aground on an uncharted seamount. businessinsider.com/navy-…

Bidenichthys okamotoi, a new species of viviparous brotula from the Koko Seamount in the Central North Pacific

From a "land of the giants" and extinct volcanoes of the Atlantic, at Corner Rise Seamounts, this impressive bubblegum coral colony (𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘢) is approximately 100 yr old. Large colonies of 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘢 can be 6 m (20 ft) in height. 📷: NOAA

Investigation Concludes USS Connecticut Grounded on Uncharted Seamount in South China Sea - USNI News news.usni.org/2021/11/01/…

Investigation Concludes USS Connecticut Grounded on Uncharted Seamount in South China Sea news.usni.org/2021/11/01/…

seamount reefs are probably my favorite oceanthing next to hydrothermal vents marine-conservation.org/o…

Stunning Display of Biodiversity on Un-surveyed Seamount | Nautilus Live youtu.be/RmBDGmQoQak

Never-Before-Surveyed Seamount Reveals Stunning Biodiversity | Nautilus Live youtu.be/nedilX4MT5w

Whale Fall Actively Devoured by Scavengers at Davidson Seamount | Nautilus Live youtube.com/watch?v=CZzQh…

TIL asphalt is not only a naturally occurring substance (tar pits, oil sands, etc.), but is erupted from asphalt volcanoes, a rare type of submarine volcano. Some of these have formed seamounts, and a few are even still active today. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asp…

TIL of the Lō’ihi Seamount, an underwater volcano southeast of Hawaii that is set to emerge and become an island sometime in the next 10,000-100,000 years. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lōʻ…

A deep-sea octopus, 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢 was seen perched atop a lava rock and with hydrothermal vents nearby. Observed by Univ. of Washington researchers at Axial Seamount, offshore from Oregon, this cephalopod measures up to 17 inches or 43 cm.

🔥 Glass eels (Anguilla japonica): After migrating thousands of miles/km up the Pacific Ocean from the seamounts of the West Mariana Ridge, tiny, flat, translucent and critically endangered Japanese eel larvae arrive in Asia and metamorphose into glass eels and become freshwater fish.

Colorful Critters of All Shapes and Sizes on Unnamed Seamount D | Nautilus Live youtu.be/DTWi5Czv91I

What If The Scotia Sea Seamounts Were Above Sea Level? reddit.com/gallery/q65trk

Camera-Ready Critters On Never-Before-Surveyed Seamounts | Nautilus Live youtu.be/rujWi2zv38Y

Emperor Seamounts, North Pacific Ocean, U.S. Geological Survey, 1979x

While exploring the Don Quixote seamount of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, E/V Nautilus found these incredible displays of sponge diversity and morphology including a potential first-time spotting of the Hertwigia genus in the Pacific Ocean. youtu.be/JBpRcDxfsSI

seamount reefs are probably my favorite oceanthing next to hydrothermal vents reddit.com/gallery/qurtm2

Next on Nautilus: Luʻuaeaahikiikekualonokai - Into the Unknown of Chautauqua Seamounts youtu.be/piJEzx_b0no

Investigation Concludes USS Connecticut Grounded on Uncharted Seamount in South China Sea - USNI News news.usni.org/2021/11/01/…

The “Checkerboard” formation at Spittal Pond, Bermuda. Theorized to be indicative of possible volcanic reactivation of the Bermuda Seamount.

Deep-sea octopuses, eelpouts and bone-eating osedax worms munching on the remnants of a baleen whale carcass that fell on the Davidson Seamount off the coast of California.

The Euphrates River and Seamounts

В США учёные нашли «Спанч Боба» и «Патрика» на дне океана с помощью глубоководного аппарата. Морская губка рода Hertwigia и морская звезда рода Chondraster находились рядом друг с другом на глубине 1885 метров, на склоне подводной горы Retriever seamount в 322 километрах к востоку от Нью-Йорка.

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland advised President Biden to restore three national monuments – Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in Utah and the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts in the Atlantic Ocean – to their original size, reversing a decision by President Trump to shrink them. nytimes.com/2021/06/14/cl…

Biden to restore protections for three national monuments | The Biden administration is expanding protections for Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monuments. cbsnews.com/news/biden-re…

What If The Scotia Sea Seamounts Were Above Sea Level? reddit.com/gallery/q6656f

Vast area of Atlantic to be protected in effort to conserve seabird species; the North-Atlantic Current and Evlanov Seamount Marine Protected Area will protect a high seas area of 600,000 sq km (231,660 sq mi) that is home to 22 seabird species, such as the Atlantic Puffin irishtimes.com/news/envir…