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]

Seamounts
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References
  1. Rivera et al. 2016.

Bibliography
  • Rivera, J; Canals, M; Lastras, G; Hermida, N; Amblas, D; Arrese, B (2016). "Morphometry of Concepcion Bank: Evidence of Geological and Biological Processes on a Large Volcanic Seamount of the Canary Islands Seamount Province". PLoS ONE. 11 (5). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0156337.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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