Canary Islands Seamount Province

The Canary Islands Seamount Province (CISP) is located in the Atlantic Ocean between 23º and 33º north.[1] It comprises the seven major islands of the Canary Islands archipelago, the two islets of the Savage Islands and 16 seamounts scattered along an area of 540,000 km² parallel to the northwestern coastline of the African Continent.[1] Besides its geographical distribution, the components of the province share a series of geochemical similarities.[1]

Map of the CISP (Rivera et al, 2016)

Three different alignments has been described within the CISP:

• A SW-NE stretch going from the Tropic Seamount to the westernmost point of the Canarian archipelago.
• A central NNO-ESE stretch from the Canarian islands of La Palma and El Hierro to the island of Fuerteventura (400 km long).
• The so-called Canary Ridge, initially following SO-NE direction from Fuerteventura to the Concepción Bank, and from there following a S-N direction from the Concepción Bank to the Essaouira Seamount.[1]