 The Muirfield Seamount is a submerged archipelago, approximately in diameter and below the surface of the sea.A 1999 biological survey of the seamount performed by the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) revealed that the area is depauperate.The Muirfield Seamount was discovered accidentally in 1973 when the cargo ship MV "Muirfield" (a merchant vessel named after Muirfield, Scotland) was motoring in waters charted at a depth of greater than , when she suddenly struck an unknown object, resulting in extensive damage to her keel.