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The Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument is located within the New England and mid-Atlantic regions, 130 miles southeast of Cape Cod. [1] It comprises a total area of 4,913 square miles, [1] and protects four underwater seamounts (Bear, Mytilus, Physalia, and Retriever Seamounts) and three submarine canyons in the edge of the continental shelf (Oceanographer, Lydonia, and ...
Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, southeast of Cape Cod, is known as "a biodiversity hotspot." 'A lot of excitement.' Sperm whale calf seen southeast of Cape Cod in aerial ...
Restrictions on Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts national monuments had been changed to allow development. Restrictions on Bears Ears, Grand Staircase ...
The New England Seamounts is a chain of over twenty underwater extinct volcanic mountains known as seamounts. [1] This chain is located off the coast of Massachusetts in the Atlantic Ocean and extends over 1,000 kilometers (600 mi) from the edge of Georges Bank. Many of the peaks of these mountains rise over 4,000 meters (13,000 ft) from the ...
It’s the first time the species has been spotted in the area since surveys began six years ago.
It is the oldest of the New England Seamounts, which was active more than 100 million years ago. It was formed when the North American Plate moved over the New England hotspot . [ 3 ] It is located inside the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument , which was proclaimed by President of the United States Barack Obama to protect ...
On September 15, 2016, President of the United States Barack Obama proclaimed the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument to protect the area's marine biodiversity. This protected a portion of Georges Bank from fishing and mining.
The president will restore environmental protections to two sprawling national monuments in Utah and a separate marine conservation area in New England.