Australia Highseas

Far east of the Queensland coast, Fraser Seamount rises from the floor of the Coral Sea. This submerged volcanic mountain has a flattened summit and steep sides, with terraces cut into its flanks at depths of more than a kilometre. It rises some four kilometres above the surrounding seabed, yet remains beneath the waves. Fraser is part of a chain of underwater volcanoes extending southward through the Tasman Sea.