title: Noroit Seamount
text: # Noroit Seamount
  
  Noroit Seamount is a seamount in the Caribbean Sea, in the Anegada Passage. It is also spelled Noroît Seamount after the French survey and research vessel RV Le Noroît (IMO number: 7035717) which was operated by IFREMER. It is also known as Noroit Knoll. Several research projects are conducted in vicinity of Noroit Seamount.
  
  ## Geology
  
  The seamount is a (relatively young) inactive submarine volcano, located on the boundary between the North American Plate and the Caribbean Plate.
  
  ## Flora and fauna
  
  Noroît Seamount's marine habitats are well researched. Investigations by the research vessel EV Nautilus in 2014 found a variety of stony corals (scleractinians), octocorals, and sponges. Corals created habitat for brittle stars, squat lobsters and sea snails. In the sea depth there are variety of fish — Acanthonus armatus, Bathypterois phenax, Bembrops, Conger esculentus, Coryphaenoides, Hexanchus griseus, Lepidion, Luciobrotula corethromycter, and Polymixia lowei.
  
  