moat

Japanese: moat
moat

… See trough. Moat — Also called sea moat . A circular depression, sometimes discontinuous, at the base of many seamounts, islands, and other isolated elevations. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "moat" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 舟状海盆トラフを参照。 周辺凹地moat―sea moatモートともいう。多くの海山,島その他孤立した高まりのふもとにある環状の凹みで,連続しないこともある。…

※「moat」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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