Mount Gabi is an underwater mountain, similar to a guyot, that was discovered in 2006, fifty kilometres (31 mi) off the coast of Augusta near the south-western tip of Western Australia.[1] It lies a similar distance west of Windy Harbour

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Mount Gabi
Survey map that lead to the discovery of Mount Gabi
Highest point
Elevation	300 m (980 ft)
Coordinates	35°15′0″S 115°07′0″E
Geography
Location	Sea floor, 50 km (31 mi) from Augusta, Western Australia

It lies at a depth of one thousand metres (3,300 ft), rising three hundred metres (980 ft) from the sea floor and is five kilometres (3.1 mi) wide.

Mount Gabi was discovered by Cameron Buchanan, a multibeam sonar specialist from Geoscience Australia, the Australian national agency for geoscience research, via swath mapper during investigations of continental shelf processes between the Great Australian Bight and Cape Leeuwin.

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External links

• Geoscience Australia

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