Earth:Knoll (oceanography)

In marine geology, a knoll is defined as a rounded underwater hill, not exceeding 1000 meters in height.^[1] Any rounded underwater features exceeding that height are referred to as seamounts.^[2] They are believed to cover around 16.3% of the world's seafloor.^[3]

Examples

Orphan Knoll
Graveyard Seamounts

References

↑ "Standardization of Undersea Feature Names: Guidelines, Proposal Form, and Terminology". October 2019. https://iho.int/uploads/user/pubs/bathy/B-6_e4%202%200_2019_EF_clean_3Oct2019.pdf.
↑ Government of Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (2019-01-16). "Advisory Committee on Undersea Feature Names". https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/science/hydrography-hydrographie/acufn/index-eng.html.
↑ "Seamounts and knolls need more research | Earth | EarthSky" (in en-US). 2011-05-15. https://earthsky.org/earth/seamounts-and-knolls-are-largely-unknown-ocean-oases-2/.

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