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Pacific Ocean Mountains: Burj Khalifa in Dubai (height 830 meters) is the tallest building in the world. Put four skyscrapers on top of this skyscraper and the mountain will be as high. Yes, it's true, American oceanographers have discovered a mountain range in the Pacific Ocean, about one and a half thousand kilometers off the coast of Chile. Its highest point is 3,109 meters high.
The ridge was discovered and mapped by a team led by the Schmidt Ocean Institute in California. The team conducted research at sea for 28 days with the help of the R/V Falkor (also) research vessel. They mapped the seamount using a sonar system mounted on the ship's hull. This seamount covers an area of about 70 square kilometers.
How Sea Mountain was discovered
Jyotika Virmani, the institute's executive director, said, “Sound waves travel down from the surface and return, and we observed and measured the time of their return. This has given us a lot of specific information about the topography of the sea floor.”
What did research in the Pacific Ocean reveal?
Oceanographers estimate that there are about 100,000 seamounts higher than 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) around the world. And it is home to many species. Currently, the newly mapped seamount is larger than Greece's Mount Olympus, which is 2,917 meters (9,570 feet) tall, and smaller than Japan's Mount Fuji (3,776 meters).
With the help of an underwater robot, the team scanned a mountain and discovered a world full of marine life. A white Casper octopus appeared, which had never been seen before. They also captured footage of live Promachoteuthis, which was seen on camera for the first time.