Noroit Seamount
Seamount in the Caribbean Sea
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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]
Caribbean
British Virgin Islands
Anguilla| Noroit Seamount Noroît Seamount | |
|---|---|
  Location within Lesser Antilles  Location within the Caribbean | |
| Location | |
| Location | Anegada Passage Caribbean |
| Coordinates | 18°11′00″N 64°04′00″W |
| Country | British Virgin Islands Anguilla |
| Geology | |
| Type | submarine volcano |
Geology
The 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
Noroît 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]