Researchers who led the 28-day expedition along the nearly 2-mile tall seamount hope the discoveries made will inform future policies safeguarding the understudied, high-seas region.

The seamount, which supports a "thriving" ecosystem, is 1.9 miles tall, making it taller than five One World Trade Centers stacked on top of each other.

LISBON (Reuters) -Portugal said on Wednesday it was creating a new protected marine area around the Gorringe Ridge in the Atlantic Ocean that includes Western Europe's tallest seamount ...

A mountain nearly four times as high as the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, has been discovered off the coast of Chile. The 1.9 mile (3 km) tall seamount was found in the Pacific ...

During this most recent expedition, the team discovered an underwater mountain that is over 1.9 miles tall. Seamounts like these are often formed by volcanic activity and can be found in every ...

Axial Seamount, a 3,600ft-tall volcano, sits almost 5,000ft under the surface of the Pacific Ocean is said to be rumbling, which scientists say indicates a swelling of magma.Experts say that the ...

The Gorringe seamount, located 200 kilometres off the Portuguese coast in the Atlantic Ocean, is the tallest underwater mountain in western Europe. Formed where the African and Eurasian tectonic ...

The team mapped a 1.9-mile tall seamount, which is part of the Nazca Ridge, an underwater mountain range in the southeast Pacific Ocean. The potentially new species, ...

LISBON (Reuters) -Portugal said on Wednesday it was creating a new protected marine area around the Gorringe Ridge in the Atlantic Ocean that includes Western Europe's tallest seamount ...