page_title: New England Seamounts
section_title: Seamounts
hierarchical_section_title: New England Seamounts / Seamounts
caption_attribution_description: Map showing the locations of Bear, Kelvin and Manning seamounts.
context_page_description: The New England Seamounts is a chain of over twenty underwater extinct volcanic mountains known as seamounts. This chain is located off the coast of Massachusetts in the Atlantic Ocean and extends over 1,000 km from the edge of Georges Bank. Many of the peaks of these mountains rise over 4,000 m from the seabed. The New England Seamounts chain is the longest such chain in the North Atlantic and is home to a diverse range of deep sea fauna. Scientists have visited the chain on various occasions to survey the geologic makeup and biota of the region. The chain is part of the Great Meteor hotspot track and was formed by the movement of the North American Plate over the New England hotspot. The oldest volcanoes that were formed by the same hotspot are northwest of Hudson Bay, Canada. Part of the seamount chain is protected by Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument.
  A variety of different names have been used to refer to this seamount range, including the Kelvin Seamounts, Kelvin Seamount Group, Kelvin Banks, New England Seamount Chain and the Bermuda-New England Seamount Arc.
context_section_description: The New England Seamounts include:
  Allegheny Seamount 36°52′7.6″N 58°44′16.4″W
  Asterias Seamount 38°53′56″N 65°17′59.8″W
  Balanus Seamount 39°22′58.8″N 65°22′47.3″W
  Bear Seamount (National Monument) 39°55′N 67°24′W
  Buell Seamount 39°3′46.6″N 66°24′0.3″W
  Gerda Seamount 36°14′13.8″N 57°29′56.1″W
  Gilliss Seamount
  Gosnold Seamount (guyot) 38°6′55.2″N 62°15′54.9″W
  Gregg Seamount (guyot)
  Hodgson Seamount 35°34′56.8″N 58°40′0″W
  Kelvin Seamount (guyot) 39°19′6.5″N 64°31′21.1″W
  Kiwi Seamount 39°19′6.5″N 64°31′21.1″W
  Manning Seamount 38°9′54.5″N 60°40′0″W
  Michael Seamount 36°21′56.6″N 58°21′2.2″W
  Mytilus Seamount (National Monument) 39°21′37.2″N 67°8′48.2″W
  Nashville Seamount 34°59′59.7″N 57°21′3.7″W
  Panulirus Seamount 38°28′1.6″N 64°47′11.6″W
  Picket Seamount 39°38′9.9″N 65°58′52.8″W
  Physalia Seamount (National Monument) 39°48′18.3″N 66°52′45.6″W
  Rehoboth Seamount (guyot) 37°32′5.3″N 59°55′59.3″W
  Retriever Seamount (National Monument) 39°47′37.6″N 66°14′41.3″W
  San Pablo Seamount 38°56′23.3″N 60°27′25.8″W
  Sheldrake Seamount 38°26′29.5″N 62°5′9″W
  Vogel Seamount (guyot) 37°13′41.1″N 60°14′48.2″W
caption: Map of the New England Seamounts showing the locations of Bear, Kelvin and Manning seamounts
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