Noroit Seamount is a seamount in the Caribbean Sea, in the Anegada Passage.[1] It is also spelled Noroît Seamount[2][3] after the French survey and research vessel RV Le Noroît (IMO number: 7035717) which was operated by IFREMER.[4][5][6] It is also known as Noroit Knoll.[7][8] Several research projects are conducted in vicinity of Noroit Seamount.[9][10]
| Noroit Seamount Noroît Seamount | |
|---|---|
  Noroit Seamount (Caribbean) | |
| Location | |
| Location | Anegada Passage Caribbean |
| Coordinates | 18°11′00″N 64°04′00″W / 18.18333°N 64.06667°W |
| Country |  British Virgin Islands Anguilla |
| Geology | |
| Type | submarine volcano |
Geology
editThe seamount is a (relatively young) inactive submarine volcano, located on the boundary between the North American Plate and the Caribbean Plate.[2]
Flora and fauna
editNoroît Seamount's marine habitats[11] are well researched.[3] Investigations by the research vessel EV Nautilus in 2014 found a variety of stony corals (scleractinians), octocorals, and sponges.[12] Corals created habitat for brittle stars, squat lobsters[12] and sea snails.[2] In the sea depth there are variety of fish — Acanthonus armatus,[13] Bathypterois phenax,[14] Bembrops,[15] Conger esculentus,[16] Coryphaenoides,[17][18] Hexanchus griseus,[19] Lepidion,[20] Luciobrotula corethromycter,[21] and Polymixia lowei.[22]
References
edit- ^ Noroit Seamount: Undersea Features National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
- ^ a b c Earthquake, Landslide, and Tsunami Hazards in the Northeastern Caribbean—Insights from a 2013 E/V Nautilus Expedition USGS
- ^ a b Demopoulos, A. W.; Bourque, J. R.; Cordes, E. E.; Chaytor, J. D.; Quattrini, A Benthic Macrofaunal Communities at Newly Explored Caribbean Seamounts in the Greater/Lesser Antilles Transition Zone and a Comparison to Nearby Habitats American Geophysical Union, Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016, abstract #ME31B-01
- ^ LE NOROIT - IMO 7035717
- ^ (in French) Bouchet, P. SEAMOUNT 1 cruise, RV Le Noroit (1987) doi:10.17600/87003011
- ^ Bernd Christiansen European North-East Atlantic Seamount Studies - AWS University of Hamburg
- ^ Marine Gazetteer Placedetails
- ^ Name Noroit Knoll was proposed by Philippe Bouysse, French geological survey (BRGM), in 1984
- ^ Exploration of Caribbean Seamounts within the Greater and Lesser Antilles (GA/LA) Transition Zone: Characterization of the Benthic Ecology and Geology USGS
- ^ David Hambling Thousands of unknown underwater mountains found in Earth’s oceans New Scientist 16 March 2019
- ^ Hardbottom habitat on Noroit Seamount. U.S. Geological Survey, Southeast Ecological Science Center.
- ^ a b / E/V Nautilus: Seamounts of Anegada Passage 2014. Mission Plan. NOAA
- ^ Acanthonus armatus, 1772 -2206 m Noroit Seamount, Caribbean. World Register of Deep-Sea Species (WoRDSS)
- ^ Bathypterois phenax, 1214-1390 m Noroit Seamount, Caribbean. World Register of Deep-Sea Species (WoRDSS)
- ^ Bembrops sp., 259-675 m Noroit Seamount, Caribbean. World Register of Deep-Sea Species (WoRDSS)
- ^ Conger esculentus, 687 m Noroit Seamount, Caribbean. World Register of Deep-Sea Species (WoRDSS)
- ^ Coryphaenoides sp., 1041 m Noroit Seamount, Caribbean. World Register of Deep-Sea Species (WoRDSS)
- ^ Coryphaenoides sp., 1787 m Noroit Seamount, Caribbean. World Register of Deep-Sea Species (WoRDSS)
- ^ Hexanchus griseus, 522-829 m Noroit Seamount, Caribbean. World Register of Deep-Sea Species (WoRDSS)
- ^ Lepidion sp., 1104 m Noroit Seamount, Caribbean. World Register of Deep-Sea Species (WoRDSS)
- ^ Luciobrotula corethromycter, 1144-2206 m Noroit Seamount, Caribbean. World Register of Deep-Sea Species (WoRDSS)
- ^ Polymixia lowei, 527-810 m Noroit Seamount, Caribbean. World Register of Deep-Sea Species (WoRDSS)