Canary Islands Seamount Province

The Canary Islands Seamount Province (CISP) is located in the Atlantic Ocean between 23º and 33º north.^[1] It comprises the seven major islands of the Canary Islands archipelago, the two islets of the Savage Islands and 16 seamounts scattered along an area of 540,000 km² parallel to the northwestern coastline of the African Continent.^[1][2] Besides its geographical distribution, the components of the province share a series of geochemical similarities.^[1]

Map of the CISP (Rivera et al, 2016)

Three different alignments have been described within the CISP:

• A SW-NE stretch going from the Tropic Seamount to the westernmost point of the Canarian archipelago.^[3]
• A central NNW-ESE stretch from the Canarian islands of La Palma and El Hierro to the island of Fuerteventura (400 km long).^[4]
• The so-called Canary Ridge, initially following SW-NE direction from Fuerteventura to the Concepción Bank, and from there following a S-N direction from the Concepción Bank to the Essaouira Seamount.^[1]

Seamounts

• Amanay Seamount
• Bimbache Seamount
• Bisabuelas Seamount
• Concepción Bank
• Dacia Seamount
• Drago Seamount
• Echo Seamount
• Essaouira Seamount
• Henry Seamount
• Last Minute Seamount
• Nico Seamount
• Rybin Seamount
• The Paps
• Tropic Seamount

See also

• Geology of the Canary Islands
• Canary hotspot