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Posted on 05/29/2009 4:52:54 PM PDT by decimon
JAKARTA (AFP) – A massive underwater mountain discovered off the Indonesian island of Sumatra could be a volcano with potentially catastrophic power, a scientist said Friday.
Indonesian government marine geologist Yusuf Surachman said the mountain was discovered earlier this month about 330 kilometres (205 miles) west of Bengkulu city during research to map the seabed's seismic faultlines.
The cone-shaped mountain is 4,600 metres (15,100 feet) high, 50 kilometres in diameter at its base and its summit is 1,300 metres below the surface, he said.
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Cata-mount ping.
series ?
...and the 2012 prophecy inches closer.
Good thing too - we got another gun show this weekend.
Maybe it’s time I turn a profit, I got a few AK’s I’m not using.
Keep your powder dry.
Parallel, man, parallel.
Hidden monster of the deep!
Could be a massive undersea eruption getting ready to happen, or perhaps the formation of a new island in the coming thousands of years.
Good thing a sub didn’t find it, the hard way.
Helluva monster if it's a volcano.
Does this mean we get an endless supply of boiled lobster, squid, tuna, etc. sometime in the near future?
Yes. And delivered if you're on the west coast.
Yeah, if you can beat the Mexicans to it.
Do they go down 1300 meters? I don't think so but I don't know.
Yes, it sure could be.
The cone-shaped mountain is 4,600 metres (15,100 feet) high, 50 kilometres in diameter at its base and its summit is 1,300 metres below the surface, he said.
"Good thing a sub didn’t find it, the hard way."
According to this website, that would be almost impossible (unless we've got truly deep diving subs they're not telling us about):
"The deepest-diving large, military-style submarine was the Soviet submarine K-278 Komsomolets, with a hull made of titanium, making it very expensive, but able to withstand significantly deeper dives than the best submarines made of high-grade steel, like American nuclear submarines. The Komsomolets was a nuclear powered submarine specially designed to make trips as far down as 1300 meters (4265 feet) below sea level, definitely less than the Trieste, but very significant because the Komsomolets had to "defend" a much larger air bubble against the encroaching pressure of the surrounding ocean."Compared to the best American nuclear submarines, of the Seawolf class, Komsomolets had about 78% better diving capabilities. Seawolf submarines have an estimated crush depth of about 2400 feet (730 m). The Seawolf submarines are constructed of a high grade steel called HY-100, capable of withstanding 100 atmospheres of pressure. As a rule of thumb, the pressure increases by one atmosphere for every 10 m you descend."
1299.97 meters is equal to 0.81 miles (statute).
That doesn't sound that deep to me...
That's a lot deeper than I thought any military sub could go. But then, my expertise is from Das Boot.
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Whoops! And thanks decimon!
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