Cobb Seamount

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Cobb Seamount is a large submarine volcanic seamount in the northeast Pacific Ocean, notable as a prominent undersea feature and rich marine habitat off the coast of North America.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cobb Seamount canonical 2
Cobb–Eickelberg Seamount chain 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf seamount
submarine volcano
baseDepthBelowSeaLevel approximately 3000 metres
composition basalt
countryExclusiveEconomicZone Canada
discoveredBy United States Coast Survey
surface form: United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
discoveryMethod echo sounding
elevationAboveSeafloor approximately 2700 metres
geologicalAge Miocene
geologicalOrigin hotspot volcanism
hasCoordinateSystem geographic coordinates
hasEcologicalRole stepping-stone habitat for marine species
undersea oasis
hasFeature flat-topped summit
hasHabitatType coralline algae beds
deep-sea coral habitat
rocky reef
hasManagementMeasure fisheries closures on summit area
isImportantFor commercial fisheries
marine biodiversity
isPartOf North Pacific seamount province
isSiteOf intense plankton productivity
isUnderJurisdictionOf Fisheries and Oceans Canada
locatedIn eastern North Pacific Ocean
surface form: northeast Pacific Ocean
locatedOffCoastOf British Columbia
North America
Washington State, United States
surface form: Washington State
namedAfter Cobb research vessel
nameLanguage English
ocean Pacific Ocean
partOf Cobb Seamount self-linksurface differs
surface form: Cobb–Eickelberg Seamount chain
shape guyot
subjectOf benthic ecology studies
fisheries research
oceanographic research
summitDepthBelowSeaLevel approximately 34 metres
approximately 40 metres
supportsSpecies Pacific ocean perch
cold-water corals
crustaceans
rockfish
sablefish
sponges
threatenedBy bottom-contact fishing gear
climate change
ocean acidification
volcanicProvince Cobb hotspot

Referenced by (3)

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Cobb Offset namedAfter Cobb Seamount
Cobb Offset near Cobb Seamount
Cobb Seamount partOf Cobb Seamount self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Cobb–Eickelberg Seamount chain