Underwater Volcano Discovered in the Celebes Sea

. An undersea volcano as high as more than 10,000 feet or 3,000 meters, is found in the deep sea in North Sulawesi. This mountain is an important finding for understanding the wealth of Indonesian seas.Volcanoes in the sea is detected in a joint expedition of scientists Indonesian and U.S. scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which is under the auspices of U.S. Department of Commerce.NOAA Ship Okeanos from browsing the sea in the West Kawio, Kawio Islands, North Sulawesi, get the mapping images that the volcano. West Kawio chosen as the area of the expedition because the elements under the sea are plentiful."This is a huge volcano and higher than any mountain in Indonesia, except three or four other mountains, and towering over 10,000 feet from the seabed at a depth of more than 18 thousand feet," says Jim Holden, Chairman of U.S. scientists from the University of Massachusetts, USA, in the release of U.S. embassy told AFP on Monday (12/07/2010)"The more we know the elements under the sea and the community of living things that sustain it, the more we can manage and protect the oceans and its resources better," he added.Via satellite, scientists at Okeanos may be associated with exploration offices in Jakarta and Seattle, USA. Indonesian and U.S. scientists believe they will find many new phenomena to understand marine ecosystems and climate change impacts.Sugiarta Wirasantosa of Marine and Fisheries Research Agency, said Indonesia, which has about 17,000 more islands, need more exploration."Food safety and protection of marine ecosystems that support fisheries, impacts on many countries including Indonesia," said Sugiarta.So far, the Okeanos Explorer has mapped 2400 square miles of seabed in Indonesia. In mid-July, and fisheries research vessel owned by Indonesia, Baruna Jaya IV will map the sea floor more and put the equipment on the islands Kawio before the two ships met in the Port of Bitung. They will be deployed again on July 21, to continue to explore the islands of Sangihe and Talaud. The expedition will be completed on 14 August.Youtube Video Underwater Volcano in the Celebes Sea

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