Eratosthenes Seamount
The Eratosthenes Seamount or Eratosthenes Tablemount is a seamount in the Eastern Mediterranean, in the Levantine basin about south of western Cyprus. Unlike most seamounts, it is a carbonate platform, not a volcano. It is a large, submerged massif, about. Its peak lies at the depth of and it rises above the surrounding seafloor, which is located at the depth of up to and is a part of the Herodotus Abyssal Plain. It is one of the largest features on the Eastern Mediterranean seafloor.
In 2010 and 2012 the Ocean Exploration Trust's vessel EV Nautilus explored the seamount looking for shipwrecks. Three were found; two were Ottoman vessels from the 19th century and the third was from the 4th century BC. Such seamounts are considered to be ideal for the preservation of shipwrecks because at depths of around the areas are not disturbed by trawlers or by sediments coming off land.