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Protector Shoal: depth and map

Seamount or guyot: 72 m to the summit (GEBCO_2026 grid).

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Protector Shoal at a glance

  • 72 mto the summit, in the grid
  • Seamount or guyottype of feature
  • 55.91° S, 28.17° Wlisted point
  • South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islandsnearest country, about 55 km
  • 55 mWikidata's own depth

Protector Shoal is a seamount or guyot. Its summit is about 72 m below the surface in the GEBCO grid. That figure is the depth of the shallowest cell within 10 km of its listed point, which is its summit. The nearest country in our list is South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, about 55 km from its listed point.

Open the main map at its summit and tap anywhere to read the depth.

How deep is the Protector Shoal?

The grid figure is 72 m. We measured it as the depth of the shallowest cell within 10 km of its listed point, which is its summit. The cell is at 55.94° S, 28.10° W. The GEBCO_2026 grid has a value every 15 arc-seconds, about 460 m at the equator, so a very narrow feature can be a little deeper or shallower in reality than any grid cell shows.

Wikidata, the open database this feature's name comes from, gives a depth of 55 m. That is within 17 m of the grid figure.

About seamounts and guyots

A seamount is an underwater mountain, usually an extinct volcano. A guyot is a seamount with a flat top, worn flat by waves when it once stood at the surface.

This site lists 420 seamounts and guyots, 115 of them with their own indexed page. See all undersea features.

Nearby undersea features

Distances are between listed points. A long feature such as a trench or ridge has a single listed point on Wikidata.

The highest seamount summits in our list

Frequently asked questions

How deep is the top of Protector Shoal?

In the GEBCO grid the figure is 72 m. That is the depth of the shallowest cell within 10 km of its listed point, which is its summit. Wikidata, the open database this feature's name comes from, gives a depth of 55 m. That is within 17 m of the grid figure.

Where is the Protector Shoal?

Its listed point is 55.91° S, 28.17° W, about 55 km from South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The grid's shallowest cell for it is at 55.94° S, 28.10° W.

Data: depth from the GEBCO_2026 grid. Name and position from Wikidata Q1571101 (CC0); Wikipedia article. See data sources and licences. The GEBCO Grid should NOT be used for navigation or for any other purpose involving safety at sea.

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