Seewarte Seamounts

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.

Seewarte Seamounts
The Seewarte Seamounts and the Azores Plateau to the north
Location
LocationNorth Atlantic Ocean
Coordinates32°N 29°W

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
  1. "Marine Gazetteer Placedetails". Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  2. Geological Origin of the New England Seamount Chain


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