Ampère Seamount

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Ampère Seamount is an underwater mountain in the Atlantic Ocean named in honor of the French physicist and mathematician André-Marie Ampère.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf seamount
undersea mountain
belongsTo international waters
countryClosestTo Portugal
elevationAboveSeafloor approximately 3000 m
environment deep sea
marine
featureOf Tharp-Heezen Seamounts in the Atlantic Ocean
surface form: North Atlantic seamount province
geologicalOrigin volcanic
hasCoordinateSystem geographic coordinates
hasFeature flat-topped summit
steep flanks
hasHabitat deep-sea coral communities
fish aggregations
sponge grounds
hasInfluenceOn local ocean currents
regional biodiversity patterns
hasSeafloorType hard substrate areas
sediment-covered slopes
isMappedIn nautical charts of the North Atlantic
isReferencedIn marine geology literature
oceanographic databases
isSubjectOf bathymetric mapping
biological sampling campaigns
oceanographic surveys
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
locatedOn Ampère Seamount self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ampère Seamount Plateau
locatedSouthOf Azores
locatedSouthwestOf Portugal mainland
locatedWestOf Morocco
namedAfter André-Marie Ampère
namedBy marine geologists
namingReason to honor André-Marie Ampère
oceanBasin North Atlantic Basin
partOf Ampère Seamount self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ampère Seamount Complex

Mid-Atlantic seamount chain
studiedFor benthic ecosystems
marine geology
ocean circulation
summitDepth approximately 55 m
less than 100 m

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André-Marie Ampère eponymOf Ampère Seamount
Ampère Seamount partOf Ampère Seamount self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ampère Seamount Complex
Ampère Seamount locatedOn Ampère Seamount self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ampère Seamount Plateau