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Volcanic Islands.
It was a term used by explorers who didn't know the earth was round. They though it was flat and didn't understand why the mountains looked as though they were rising out of the sea. Because the earth is round landforms and mountains for example look as though they are rising out of the ocean.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoYes. In fact, the longest mountain range is underwater.
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∙ 13y agowell there is mountain ridges on land and it is a little bit the same in the ocean they r called mid ocean ridges which are mouton ranges undrwater
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∙ 14y agoThere are more under water than on land.
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What are underwater mountains called?
It is exactly as it sounds. It is a range of mountains, just like the Rockies or the Himalayan mountains above water, but entirely submerged in the ocean.
Systems of underwater mountains?
Systems of underwater mountains are called mid ocean ridges. They are larger than land mountains and have longer chains of them.
What do underwater mountains become when the rise out of the water?
Underwater mountains that run through an ocean form a mid ocean ridge. They are found all over the ocean, the largest being the Mid Atlantic Ridge.
A long chain of submarine volcanic mountains that runs through the world ocean is called the?
mid-ocean ridge
What is a submerged mountain called?
A submerged mountain is often called a seamount. These mountains originate at the ocean's floor and does not reach sea level.
What are these underwater mountains called?
mid-ocean ridge
What are mountains that are submerged beneath the ocean called?
Seamounts
Are there any mountains on the ocean floor on the ocean floor?
Derr! there called sea mount's.
What is the region between the Andes mountains and the Atlantic ocean called?
chile
What are Mountains on the ocean floor that turn into volcanic islands called?
seamounts
What are underwater mountains called?
It is exactly as it sounds. It is a range of mountains, just like the Rockies or the Himalayan mountains above water, but entirely submerged in the ocean.
Systems of underwater mountains?
Systems of underwater mountains are called mid ocean ridges. They are larger than land mountains and have longer chains of them.
What do underwater mountains become when the rise out of the water?
Underwater mountains that run through an ocean form a mid ocean ridge. They are found all over the ocean, the largest being the Mid Atlantic Ridge.
What are mountains measured from?
They are measured by how far above the ocean they are. The ocean is called "sea level". Sea level is 0.
A long chain of submarine volcanic mountains that runs through the world ocean is called the?
mid-ocean ridge
A chain of underwater mountains?
Sea floor spreading causes several chains of underwater mountains. They are sometimes called seamounts. They are also called mid ocean ridges.
What is a long range of volcanic mountains in the Atlantic ocean called?
The mid Atlantic ridge.
