Corner Rise Seamounts
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The Corner Rise Seamounts are a chain of extinct submarine volcano
es in the northern Atlantic Ocean
east of the New England Seamount chain
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Submarine volcano
Submarine volcanoes are underwater fissures in the Earth's surface from which magma can erupt. They are estimated to account for 75% of annual magma output. The vast majority are located near areas of tectonic plate movement, known as ocean ridges...
es in the northern Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
east of the New England Seamount chain
New England Seamount chain
The New England Seamount chain is an underwater chain of seamounts in the Atlantic Ocean stretching over 1,000 kilometers from the edge of the Georges Bank off the coast of Massachusetts. The chain consists of over twenty extinct volcanic peaks, many rising over 4,000 meters from the seabed...
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Seamounts
Seamounts within the Corner Rise Seamount chain include:- Bean SeamountBean SeamountThe Bean Seamount is a seamount in the northern Atlantic Ocean. It is part of the Corner Rise Seamounts, which was active about 75 million years ago. It was formed when the North American Plate moved over the New England hotspot....
- Caloosahatchee SeamountCaloosahatchee SeamountThe Caloosahatchee Seamount is a seamount in the northern Atlantic Ocean. It is part of the Corner Rise Seamounts, which was active about 75 million years ago. It was formed when the North American Plate moved over the New England hotspot....
- Corner Seamount
- Goode Peak
- Kukenthal Peak
- MacGregor Seamount
- Milne-Edwards Peak
- Muir SeamountMuir SeamountMuir Seamount is a seamount in the Corner Rise seamount chain, located at . It is located in the Bermuda rise, a seismically active region, and was the site of an earthquake on March 24, 1978....
- Rockaway Seamount
- Verrill Peak
- Yakutat Seamount