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Graveyard Seamounts : ウィキペディア英語版 | Graveyard Seamounts
The Graveyard Seamounts are a series of 28 small seamounts (underwater volcanoes) and ediffices located on the Chatham Rise, east of New Zealand. They cover about , and stand out from the surrounding oceanic plateau that measures several hundred kilometers. They are named after various morose figures, and the most prominent among the group are Ghoul Seamount, Diabolical Seamount, Voodoo Seamount, Scroll Seamount, Hartless Seamount, Pyre Seamount, Gothic Seamount, Zombie Seamount, Mummy Seamount, Headstone Seamount, Morgue Seamount and Graveyard Seamount (ordered roughly by size).〔 == Geography and geology == The seamounts are the site of volcanism from the late Cenozoic era. The seamounts are high, stand deep at their base and at their summit. Many of the seamounts bears marks of tidal scour from water erosion, the result of millions of years of wear by a current moving at per second.
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