Mackay-Bennett Seamount
Seamount offshore of Newfoundland and southwest of the Grand Banks / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mackay-Bennett Seamount, also known as Mackay-Bennett Knoll, is an undersea mountain in the North Atlantic Ocean, located about 680 km (420 mi) southeast of Cape Race in Canadian waters off Atlantic Canada. It rises to a height of over 1,000 m (3,300 ft) and has an areal extent of 500 km2 (190 sq mi), making it slightly smaller than Carpathia Seamount to the southwest.[1]
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Mackay-Bennett Seamount | |
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Location | |
Location | North Atlantic Ocean, 680 km (420 mi) southeast of Cape Race |
Group | Fogo Seamounts |
Coordinates | 41°21′N 48°57′W |
Country | Canada |
Geology | |
Type | Submarine volcano |
Age of rock | Early Cretaceous |
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Mackay-Bennett Seamount is one of the seven named Fogo Seamounts. Its name is derived from CS Mackay-Bennett, a British cable ship that recovered deceased bodies from the Titanic disaster in 1912. Perhaps the best-known victim she recovered was The Unknown Child, a 19-month-old third class passenger who was later identified as Sidney Leslie Goodwin.[1]