⛰️ Orca Seamount

Antarctica · Antarctica · 62.43°S, 58.40°W

Orca Seamount is a submarine volcano near King George Island in Antarctica, in the Bransfield Strait. While it is inactive, the last volcanic activity at Orca Seamount is judged to have occurred in the recent past as there are temperature anomalies in the seawater around the seamount. Thermophilic and hyperthermophilic microorganisms have been found at the seamount.

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Quick facts

Country	Antarctica
Continent / region	Antarctica
Coordinates (approx.)	62.43°S, 58.40°W · view on map

Orca Seamount is located in Antarctica, in Antarctica.

More seamounts in Antarctica

Balleny Seamounts · Barsukov Seamount · Dallmann Seamount · De Gerlache Seamounts · Iselin Seamount · Lichtner Seamount · Rosenthal Seamount · Umitaka Bank · Vaughan Seamount · Wordie Seamount.

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