abyssal hill
noun
: any of the numerous relatively low elevations arising from the ocean floor
Low abyssal hills (less than 1 kilometer above the surrounding ocean bottom) cover about 80% of the Pacific floor and about half of the Atlantic.—
M. Grant Gross, Oceanography 5th Edition, 1990
compare abyssal plain, seamount
M. Grant Gross, Oceanography 5th Edition, 1990Dictionary Entries Near abyssal hill
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