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I’m not sure whether ‘seal level’ is the elevation at which seals frolic or the elevation below which land must be sealed against the oceans, but either way, the phrase is pretty common. Examples:

We were going to consider Tampa on our move also but what really concerns me is that they are under seal level, so I considered that a real minus.
www.city-data.com/forum/orlando/233341- … ndo-3.html

If mankind can pipe huge amounts of oil thousands of miles across frozen mountains and tundra, irrigating hot deserts that are already under seal level …
lablemminglounge.blogspot.com/2007/06/anti-global-warming-open-thread.html

Obama’s priority is to rebuild the City of New Orleans, which is located behind old levees and under seal level, with federal funds.
blog.cleveland.com/openers/2008/02/ad_watch_seiu.html

How high above seal level is Preston Lancashire England? Please help us answer this question.
wiki.answers.com/Q/How_high_above_seal_level_is_Preston_Lancashire_England

Situated at an elevation of about 10000 feet above seal-level this vast meadow is second to none in natural beauty.
www.indnav.com/servlet/Browse?mt=goToNa … Uttarkashi

“The Fish Lake’” is found at 2184 meters above seal level and has an area of 3.5 hectares.
www.picturesofbulgaria.com/article/the_ … lakes.html

I live at about 200 ft above seal level and hunt most of the time … But NH goes from the sea to the Mt Washington which 6500’ above seal level.
leatherwall.bowsite.com/TF/lw/thread2.cfm?forum=23&threadid=170101&messages=17&CATEGORY=9

Last edited by klakritz (2008-03-02 00:50:51)