Eratosthenes Seamount

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The Eratosthenes Seamount is a seamount in the Eastern Mediterranean about 100 km south of Cyprus. It is a large, submerged massif, about 120 km long and 80 km wide. Its peak lies at the depth of 690 m and it rises 2000 m above the surrounding seafloor, which is located at the depth of up to 2,700 m and is a part of the Eratosthenes Abyssal Plain. It is one of the largest features on the Eastern Mediterranean seafloor.

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Robertson, Alastair H. F., Mart, Yossi, Eratosthenes Seamount: an oceanographic yardstick recording the Late Mesozoic-Tertiary geological history of the Eastern Mediterranean, Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, Vol. 160, Chapter 52, 1998. link