Earth:Seewarte Seamounts

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Short description: North-south trending group of extinct submarine volcanoes in the northern Atlantic Ocean
Seewarte Seamounts
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The Seewarte Seamounts and the Azores Plateau to the north
Location
LocationNorth Atlantic Ocean
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 32°N 29°W / 32°N 29°W / 32; -29

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

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