Princess Alice bench
| Princess Alice bench | ||
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 Map by Henry Carr (1896) |
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| height | 29 m below sea level | |
| location | Azores , Atlantic Ocean | |
| Coordinates | 37 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ N , 28 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| particularities | Underwater volcano | |
The Princess Alice Bank ( Portuguese Banco Princesa Alice ) is a seamount in the Atlantic , around 42 nautical miles (78 km) southwest of the Azores islands of Pico and Faial . It is a fishing area and a popular diving area .
The bank is of volcanic origin and has a shallowest depth of 29 meters. Its extent, defined by the 100 Fathom curve, is 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km). To the northwest, in the Princess Alice Basin, the seabed drops quickly to a depth of more than 3000 m, as does the southeast.
The Princess Alice Bank was discovered in 1896 by Prince Albert I of Monaco on an oceanographic research voyage through the waters of the Azores and named after his yacht , the Princess Alice . His captain Henry Charlwood Carr (1848-1918) made the first map. Albert first informed his cousin Charles I of Portugal of his discovery. The exploitation of the rich fish resources began just four months later.
In the diving area of the Princess-Alice-Bank you can meet sea turtles , whale and hammerhead sharks , dolphins and devil rays .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sailing Directions (Enroute). West Coast of Europe and Northwest Africa. Pub. 143, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Springfield, Virginia 2017, p. 195 ( PDF ; 15.9 MB; English).
- ↑ Sailing Directions for the West Coasts of Spain, Portugal, and Northwest Africa and Off-lying Islands: Includes Azores, Madeira, Canary and Cape Verde Islands, and Africa Southward to Cape Palmas. United States Hydrographic Office, Washington 1952, p. 145 (English).
- ↑ Christian Pusch: Distribution of mesopelagic fish on topographical structures in the Northeast Atlantic (PDF; 3.6 MB). Dissertation. University of Hamburg, 2004.
- ↑ FM Porteiro: A importância das campanhas oceanográficas do Príncipe Albert I do Mónaco para o conhecimento do Mar dos Açores (PDF; 5.1 MB). In: Boletim do Núcleo Cultural da Horta. Volume 18, 2009, pp. 189-219.
- ↑ A date with the king of the seas (PDF; 161 kB). Press release from COMEO Public Relations and Associação Turismo Açores of March 1, 2011, accessed on August 26, 2015.