Survey team discovers undersea mountain off southern coast of East Java


A stock image shows a view of the waters off Pacitan regency, East Java, as seen from Karang Bolong Beach. - Shutterstock/surya pratama)

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): A geological survey team from the Geospatial Information Agency (BIG) has discovered an undersea mountain in the Indian Ocean south of Pacitan regency, East Java.

BIG’s marine mapping coordinator, Fajar Triady Mugiarto, said on Monday (Feb 13) that the undersea mountain, also called a seamount, was located on the ocean floor at a depth of 6,000m and was 2,200m tall, meaning that the seamount’s peak was located 3,800m below sea level.

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