Bear Seamount

Infobox Seamount
Name=Bear Seamount
Photo= Guyot.jpg
Photo caption= 3-D depiction of Bear Seamount, with Physalia Seamount in the background.
Depth= 1,100 m (3,600 ft) cite web | title=NOAA Ocean Explorer |url= http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03mountains/logs/summary/media/seamounts.html | accessdate=2007-08-13 ]
Height= 2,000 m (6,600 ft)
Location= North Atlantic Ocean, about 200 miles from Woods Hole, Massachusetts


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Coordinates =coord|39|55|N|67|24|W|type:mountain_region:CA |display=title,inline cite web | title=Alvin Dive Information |url= http://www.marine.whoi.edu/divelog.nsf/1b19f0cab363f660852562e50074dec1/3972063a1619078c8525620b006c824d?OpenDocument | accessdate=2007-08-13 ]
Type=Guyot
Volcanic group = New England Seamount chain
Age= 100–103 million years
Last eruption=

The Bear Seamount is a guyot in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the oldest of the New England Seamount chain, which was active more than 100 million years ago. It was formed when the North American Plate moved over the New England hotspot.cite web | title = Geological Origin of the New England Seamount Chain | work = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | publisher = U.S. Department of Commerce | year = 2005 | url = http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03mountains/background/geology/geology.html | accessdate = 2007-09-16 ]

Notes and references

External links

* [http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/04mountains/logs/may10/media/bearfly_video.html NOAA: Animated fly-through of the Bear Seamount]