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| name=Noroit Seamount<br />Noroît Seamount
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| location= Anegada Passage<br />Caribbean
| pushpin_map = Lesser Antilles#Caribbean
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| type= [[Earth:Submarine volcano|submarine volcano]]
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'''Noroit Seamount''' is a [[Earth:Seamount|seamount]] in the Caribbean Sea, in the Anegada Passage.<ref>[https://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-240383&fid=6436&c=undersea_features Noroit Seamount: Undersea Features] [[Organization:National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency|National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]], Bethesda, MD, USA </ref>  It is also spelled '''Noroît Seamount'''<ref name="2013USGS" /><ref name="Harvard" /> after the French survey and research vessel RV ''Le Noroît'' ({{IMO Number|7035717}}) which was operated by [[Organization:IFREMER|IFREMER]].<ref>[http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=152529 LE NOROIT - IMO 7035717]</ref><ref>{{in lang|fr}} Bouchet, P. [http://campagnes.flotteoceanographique.fr/campagnes/87003011/  SEAMOUNT 1 cruise, RV Le Noroit] (1987) {{doi|10.17600/87003011}} </ref><ref>Bernd Christiansen [https://ran-s3.s3.amazonaws.com/isa.org.jm/s3fs-public/documents/EN/Workshops/Mar06/Bernd.pdf European North-East Atlantic Seamount Studies - AWS] [[Organization:University of Hamburg|University of Hamburg]]</ref> It is also known as '''Noroit Knoll'''.<ref>[http://www.marineregions.org/gazetteer.php?p=details&id=5276 Marine Gazetteer Placedetails]</ref><ref>Name ''[https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ Noroit Knoll]'' was proposed by Philippe Bouysse, French geological survey (BRGM), in 1984 </ref> Several research projects are conducted in vicinity of Noroit Seamount.<ref>[https://www.usgs.gov/centers/wetland-and-aquatic-research-center/science/exploration-caribbean-seamounts-within-greater?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects Exploration of Caribbean Seamounts within the Greater and Lesser Antilles (GA/LA) Transition Zone: Characterization of the Benthic Ecology and Geology] USGS</ref><ref>David Hambling [https://www.newscientist.com/article/2196741-thousands-of-unknown-underwater-mountains-found-in-earths-oceans/ Thousands of unknown underwater mountains found in Earth’s oceans] New Scientist 16 March 2019 </ref>

== Geology ==
The seamount is a (relatively young) inactive [[Earth:Submarine volcano|submarine volcano]], located on the boundary between the [[Earth:North American Plate|North American Plate]] and the [[Earth:Caribbean Plate|Caribbean Plate]].<ref name="2013USGS">[https://archive.usgs.gov/archive/sites/soundwaves.usgs.gov/2014/06/index.html Earthquake, Landslide, and Tsunami Hazards in the Northeastern Caribbean—Insights from a 2013 E/V Nautilus Expedition] USGS</ref>

== Flora and fauna ==
Noroît Seamount's [[Biology:Marine habitats|marine habitats]]<ref>[https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/14anegada/background/significance/media/significance.html Hardbottom habitat on Noroit Seamount.] U.S. Geological Survey, Southeast Ecological Science Center.</ref> are well researched.<ref name="Harvard">Demopoulos, A. W.; Bourque, J. R.; Cordes, E. E.; Chaytor, J. D.; Quattrini, A [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016AGUOSME31B..01D Benthic Macrofaunal Communities at Newly Explored Caribbean Seamounts in the Greater/Lesser Antilles Transition Zone and a Comparison to Nearby Habitats] [[Organization:American Geophysical Union|American Geophysical Union]], Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016, abstract #ME31B-01</ref>  Investigations by the research vessel [[Engineering:EV Nautilus|EV ''Nautilus'']] in 2014 found a variety of stony corals (''scleractinians''), octocorals, and sponges.<ref name="nautilus">[https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/14anegada/background/missionplan/missionplan.html / E/V Nautilus: Seamounts of Anegada Passage 2014. Mission Plan.] NOAA </ref>
Corals created habitat for brittle stars, [[Biology:Squat lobster|squat lobster]]s<ref name="nautilus" /> and sea snails.<ref name="2013USGS" />  In the sea depth there are variety of fish — Acanthonus armatus,<ref>[http://www.marinespecies.org/photogallery.php?album=752&pic=124659 Acanthonus armatus, 1772 -2206 m Noroit Seamount, Caribbean.] World Register of Deep-Sea Species (WoRDSS)</ref> [[Biology:Bathypterois|Bathypterois phenax]],<ref>[http://www.marinespecies.org/photogallery.php?album=737&pic=124663 Bathypterois phenax, 1214-1390 m Noroit Seamount, Caribbean.] World Register of Deep-Sea Species (WoRDSS)</ref> [[Biology:Bembrops|Bembrops]],<ref>[http://www.marinespecies.org/photogallery.php?album=754&pic=124668 Bembrops sp., 259-675 m Noroit Seamount, Caribbean.] World Register of Deep-Sea Species (WoRDSS)</ref> Conger esculentus,<ref>[http://www.marinespecies.org/photogallery.php?album=735&pic=124674 Conger esculentus, 687 m Noroit Seamount, Caribbean.] World Register of Deep-Sea Species (WoRDSS)</ref> [[Biology:Coryphaenoides|Coryphaenoides]],<ref>[http://www.marinespecies.org/photogallery.php?album=745&pic=124677 Coryphaenoides sp., 1041 m Noroit Seamount, Caribbean.] World Register of Deep-Sea Species (WoRDSS)</ref><ref>[http://www.marinespecies.org/photogallery.php?album=745&pic=124678 Coryphaenoides sp., 1787 m Noroit Seamount, Caribbean.] World Register of Deep-Sea Species (WoRDSS)</ref> Hexanchus griseus,<ref>[http://www.marinespecies.org/photogallery.php?album=725&pic=124686 Hexanchus griseus, 522-829 m Noroit Seamount, Caribbean.] World Register of Deep-Sea Species (WoRDSS)</ref> [[Biology:Lepidion|Lepidion]],<ref>[http://www.marinespecies.org/photogallery.php?album=745&pic=124688 Lepidion sp., 1104 m Noroit Seamount, Caribbean.] World Register of Deep-Sea Species (WoRDSS)</ref> [[Biology:Luciobrotula|Luciobrotula corethromycter]],<ref>[http://www.marinespecies.org/photogallery.php?album=752&pic=124690 Luciobrotula corethromycter, 1144-2206 m Noroit Seamount, Caribbean.] World Register of Deep-Sea Species (WoRDSS)</ref> and [[Biology:Polymixia|Polymixia lowei]].<ref>[http://www.marinespecies.org/photogallery.php?album=698&pic=124699 Polymixia lowei, 527-810 m Noroit Seamount, Caribbean.] World Register of Deep-Sea Species (WoRDSS)</ref>

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