Noroit Seamount Explained

Noroit Seamount Noroît Seamount
Location:	Anegada Passage Caribbean
Pushpin Map:	Lesser Antilles#Caribbean
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Type:	submarine volcano
Coordinates:	18.1833°N -64.0667°W

Noroit Seamount is a seamount in the Caribbean Sea, in the Anegada Passage.^[1] It is also spelled Noroît Seamount after the French survey and research vessel RV Le Noroît which was operated by IFREMER.^{[2] [3] [4]} It is also known as Noroit Knoll.^{[5] [6]} Several research projects are conducted in vicinity of Noroit Seamount.^{[7] [8]}

Geology

The seamount is a (relatively young) inactive submarine volcano, located on the boundary between the North American Plate and the Caribbean Plate.^[9]

Flora and fauna

Noroît Seamount's marine habitats^[10] are well researched.^[11] 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 and sea snails. 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]

Notes and References

1. https://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-240383&fid=6436&c=undersea_features Noroit Seamount: Undersea Features
2. http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=152529 LE NOROIT - IMO 7035717
3. Bouchet, P. SEAMOUNT 1 cruise, RV Le Noroit (1987)
4. Bernd Christiansen European North-East Atlantic Seamount Studies - AWS University of Hamburg
5. http://www.marineregions.org/gazetteer.php?p=details&id=5276 Marine Gazetteer Placedetails
6. Name Noroit Knoll was proposed by Philippe Bouysse, French geological survey (BRGM), in 1984
7. https://www.usgs.gov/centers/wetland-and-aquatic-research-center/science/exploration-caribbean-seamounts-within-greater?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects Exploration of Caribbean Seamounts within the Greater and Lesser Antilles (GA/LA) Transition Zone: Characterization of the Benthic Ecology and Geology
8. David Hambling Thousands of unknown underwater mountains found in Earth’s oceans New Scientist 16 March 2019
9. https://archive.usgs.gov/archive/sites/soundwaves.usgs.gov/2014/06/index.html Earthquake, Landslide, and Tsunami Hazards in the Northeastern Caribbean—Insights from a 2013 E/V Nautilus Expedition
10. https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/14anegada/background/significance/media/significance.html Hardbottom habitat on Noroit Seamount.
11. 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
12. https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/14anegada/background/missionplan/missionplan.html / E/V Nautilus: Seamounts of Anegada Passage 2014. Mission Plan.
13. http://www.marinespecies.org/photogallery.php?album=752&pic=124659 Acanthonus armatus, 1772 -2206 m Noroit Seamount, Caribbean.
14. http://www.marinespecies.org/photogallery.php?album=737&pic=124663 Bathypterois phenax, 1214-1390 m Noroit Seamount, Caribbean.
15. http://www.marinespecies.org/photogallery.php?album=754&pic=124668 Bembrops sp., 259-675 m Noroit Seamount, Caribbean.
16. http://www.marinespecies.org/photogallery.php?album=735&pic=124674 Conger esculentus, 687 m Noroit Seamount, Caribbean.
17. http://www.marinespecies.org/photogallery.php?album=745&pic=124677 Coryphaenoides sp., 1041 m Noroit Seamount, Caribbean.
18. http://www.marinespecies.org/photogallery.php?album=745&pic=124678 Coryphaenoides sp., 1787 m Noroit Seamount, Caribbean.
19. http://www.marinespecies.org/photogallery.php?album=725&pic=124686 Hexanchus griseus, 522-829 m Noroit Seamount, Caribbean.
20. http://www.marinespecies.org/photogallery.php?album=745&pic=124688 Lepidion sp., 1104 m Noroit Seamount, Caribbean.
21. http://www.marinespecies.org/photogallery.php?album=752&pic=124690 Luciobrotula corethromycter, 1144-2206 m Noroit Seamount, Caribbean.
22. http://www.marinespecies.org/photogallery.php?album=698&pic=124699 Polymixia lowei, 527-810 m Noroit Seamount, Caribbean.