Seewarte Seamounts

Seewarte Seamounts
The Seewarte Seamounts and the Azores bulge to the north
Location
Location North Atlantic Ocean
Coordinates 32°N 29°W / 32°N 29°W / 32; -29Coordinates: 32°N 29°W / 32°N 29°W / 32; -29

The Seewarte Seamounts, also known as the Atlantis-Great Meteor Seamount Chain and the Atlantis-Plato-Cruiser-Great Meteor Seamount Group, 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.[1]

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

  1. ↑ Geological Origin of the New England Seamount Chain
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