Seewarte Seamounts
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Seewarte Seamounts | |
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![]() The Seewarte Seamounts and the Azores Plateau to the north | |
Location | |
Location | North Atlantic Ocean |
Coordinates | 32°N 29°W / 32°N 29°WCoordinates: 32°N 29°W / 32°N 29°W |
The Seewarte Seamounts, also known as the Seewarte Seamount Chain, Atlantis-Great Meteor Seamount Chain and the Atlantis-Plato-Cruiser-Great Meteor Seamount Group,[1] is a north-south trending group of extinct submarine volcanoes in the northern Atlantic Ocean south-southeast of the Corner Rise Seamounts.
The Seewarte Seamounts have been interpreted to have formed as a result of the African Plate traveling over the New England hotspot.[2]
Seamounts
The Seewarte Seamounts include:
- Closs Seamount
- Little Meteor Seamount
- Great Meteor Seamount
- Hyères Seamount
- Irving Seamount
- Cruiser Tablemount
- Plato Seamount
- Atlantis Seamount
- Tyro Seamount
See also
References
- ^ "Marine Gazetteer Placedetails". Retrieved 2020-02-16.
- ^ Geological Origin of the New England Seamount Chain