Two years ago, we posted about Saildrone‘s new 72’ long Surveyor, which was described as the world’s most advanced uncrewed surface vehicle (USV), equipped for high-resolution mapping of the ocean seafloor.
Now, the Saildrone Surveyor has discovered a 3,300-foot-tall sea mountain, or seamount, about 200 miles off the coast of California.
The Los Angeles Times reports that starting last summer, the Saildrone Surveyor spent several months exploring the Aleutian Islands in Alaska and the ocean off California in an expedition funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.