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Letter: The ocean mountain that just vanished from maps

Published 8 February 2023

From Roger Morgan, London, UK

I read your article on the power of huge marine avalanches to move massive amounts of material and reshape the ocean floor. I would like to draw your attention to the Pactolus bank off Cape Horn, which has long been a puzzle. Found in 1885, this seamount is thought to no longer exist(28 January, p 46). Perhaps it was all down to one of these events?

Issue no. 3425 published 11 February 2023

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