Birma Seamount Explained

Birma Seamount
Pushpin Map:North Atlantic
Location:North Atlantic Ocean, 650km (400miles) south of Cape Race
Group:Fogo Seamounts
Country:Canada
Type:Submarine volcano
Age:Early Cretaceous

Birma Seamount, also known as Birma Knoll, is a undersea mountain in the North Atlantic Ocean, located about 650km (400miles) south of Cape Race in Canadian waters off Atlantic Canada. It has a height of over 1800m (5,900feet), making Birma the tallest of the Fogo Seamounts. Its areal extent of 733km2 is smaller than the Albertan city of Calgary. To the west, Birma Seamount is bounded by Algerine Seamount.[1]

Birma Seamount is named after the SS Birma, a Russian steamship that responded to the RMS Titanic's distress signal following her collision with an iceberg on 15 April 1912.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Advisory Committee on Undersea Feature Names. Fogo Seamounts. 16 January 2019 . Fisheries and Oceans Canada. 2021-02-08.