Scientific information to support the objectives of the Mediterranean Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs), 7 to 11 April 2014, Málaga, .

MEDITERRANEAN SEAMOUNT LIST AND GENERAL MAP

(Mediterranean seamount Atlas) PROMETEOS Project (PROtection of the MEdiTErranean Open Seas: Contributing to the establishment of Marine Protected Areas over offshore seamounts and submarine canyons). IUCN Med - Malaga

Compiled by Maurizio Würtz (scientific coordinator) DISTAV - University of Genoa (Spain) and IUCN-Med (Spain)

with the collaboration of

Mehdi Aissi University of ()

Marzia Bo DISTAV - University of Genoa ()

Claudio Lo Iacono Marine Science Institute – CSIC (Spain)

Bayram Öztürk University of ()

Desirée Palomino Cantero Spanish Institute of Oceanography (Spain)

Marzia Rovere National Research Council · Institute of Marine Science ISMAR (Italy)

Juan Tomás Vázquez Spanish Institute of Oceanography (Spain)

DRAFT March 2014

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Introduction

This draft document contains the list of known seamounts of the Mediterranean sea and their general distribution map, which are part of the Mediterranean Seamount Atlas (IUCN-Med PROMETEOS project).

The geographical coordinates of each seamount peak position (summit-peak depth or shallower depth of the seamount structure) have been obtained from the EMODnet bathymetry as well as its base depth interval, which have been estimated on the basis of the deepest bathymetry ring encompassing the seamount structure. Depths have been done at 10m intervals. The list considers as seamount a wide set of undersea features with an elevation of at least 100m from the sea bottom, such as: banks, guyots, highs, hills, knolls, peaks, reefs, ridges, rises, spurs and volcanoes according to IHO standard names (mud volcanoes and features belonging to the continental shelf have been not included into the list, even if have an elevation of 100m or more). Mediterranean seamount list counts 194 of such structures with an official or shared name, which can be found in scientific literature or by searching on internet (i.e. sport fishing web sites, etc.). To this list it must be added from 50 to 100 unnamed seamounts, which have been identified on the basis of criteria described by Staudigel et al. (2010). The revision of this list is in progress.

As seamounts have a great effect on general circulation and on productivity of the Mediterranean Sea, they all should be considered for conservation, even if a very poor information exist about many of them, mainly considering their benthic communities (i.e. Cold Water Coral communities distribution and consistence) as well as the assemblages of mesopelagic organisms (i.e. deep scattering layer DSL) and top predator concentration in their vicinity. Recent results from the Prometeos project confirm that the seamount effect on the distribution of the large pelagic predators, such as cetaceans, tunas, swordfishes, shark, birds and turtles, it may extend up to 15-20 NM from the seamount summit. This aspect should be considered in conservation measures.

Seamounts are typically off shore structures, nevertheless many are located within few tens NMs from the coast and can be easily reached by professional and sport fishermen. Many have a summit between 50 and 1000m depth, thus can be easily exploited by common fishing gears. Such a seamounts host bentho-nektonic fauna of high commercial value: e.g. Atlantic pomfret (Brama brama), Backspot seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo), Wreckfish (Polyprion americanus), Blackfish (Centrolophus niger), Imperial blackfish (Schedophilus ovalis), etc. In some seamounts there is evidence of overexploitation of these species.

References Staudigel, H., Koppers, A.A.P., Lavelle, J.W., Pitcher, T.J. and T.M. Shanks, 2010. Defining the word “seamount”. Oceanography, 23(1), 20-21.

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Alborán Sea

Revised by: Claudio Lo Iacono (Marine Science Institute – CSIC, Spain), Desirée Palomino Cantero (Spanish Institute of Oceanography, Spain) and Juan Tomás Vázquez (Spanish Institute of Oceanography, Spain)

Tab. 1: Alborán Sea seamounts list

SM NAME Long. Lat. Peak (m) Base (m) Adra - Averroes rdg -3,04489 36,19175 580-590 900-910 Al-Mansour high -1,99040 36,13790 980-990 1910-1920 Alborán rdg -2,97440 35,96310 30-40 590-600 Alidade bank -1,54550 35,74980 280-290 390-400 Avempace - Algarrobo bank -3,99090 36,38370 270-280 700-710 Avenzoar - Sabinar banks -2,43440 36,48890 250-260 560-570 Cabliers – E Cabiers bank -2,24810 35,81910 220-230 590-600 Cabo de Gata spur -2,20330 36,58270 130-140 150-160 Catifas – W Cabliers bank -2,56050 35,85980 370-380 600-610 Chella bank -2,84548 36,52424 80-90 350-360 Djibouti – Herradura spur -3,70330 36,30880 430-440 720-730 Djibouti Ville – El Idrissi bank -3,54080 36,10910 230-240 640-650 El Segoviano hill -4,27597 35,97680 1120-1130 1270-1280 Eurofleet smt -3,83632 35,48885 120-130 250-260 Francesc Pagès smt -3,81764 35,53274 100-110 340-350 Granada Mud volcano -4,61609 35,56513 580-590 760-770 Hércules smt -5,51190 35,97120 450-460 640-650 Herradura - Djibouti bank -3,76110 36,17720 270-280 680-690 Hésperides smt -5,59080 35,94180 460-470 630-640 Ibn-Batouta bank -3,96790 35,81390 760-770 1070-1080 Maimonides smt 1 -2,27230 36,24150 1410-1420 1560-1570 Maimonides smt 2 -2,06985 36,35856 1200-1210 1330-1340 Maria del Carmen hill -4,21657 35,85394 1110-1120 1390-1400 Petit Xauen smt -4,02253 35,39859 90-100 330-340 Pollux bank -2,27370 36,53310 250-260 370-380 Provençaux bank -2,45369 35,56909 200-210 280-290 Ramon Margalef high -4,06495 35,51306 220-230 430-440 Tofiño smt -3,96152 35,45199 70-80 410-420 Tres Forcas rdg -2,69790 35,66150 170-180 380-390 Xauen bank -4,31165 35,37877 100-110 190-200 Yusuf rdg -2,07900 35,99910 1180-1190 1580-1590 Yusuf rdg -1,79890 35,87130 1000-1010 1230-1240

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Fig. 1: Alborán Sea seamount general map (bathymetry at 500m interval).

4 Western Mediterranean

Revised by: Claudio Lo Iacono (Marine Science Institute – CSIC, Spain), Desirée Palomino Cantero (Spanish Institute of Oceanography, Spain) and Juan Tomás Vázquez (Spanish Institute of Oceanography, Spain).

Tab. 2: Western Mediterranean seamount list

SM NAME Long. Lat. Peak (m) Base (m) Abubacer rdg -1,68642 36,76703 310-320 930-940 Aguilas smt -0,74468 37,26285 1880-1890 2210-2220 Ausias Marc smt 1,79900 38,74200 90-100 310-320 Bell Guyot smt 2,37000 38,48400 950-960 1090-1100 Brutus smt 4,09188 41,14615 2220-2230 2480-2490 Calypso hills 6,43349 41,93002 2390-2400 2590-2600 Calypso hills 6,44176 41,75911 2450-2460 2590-2600 Calypso hills 6,58090 42,26330 2460-2470 2600-2610 Calypso hills 6,67270 42,10000 2500-2510 2600-2610 Calypso hills 8,63879 43,35862 2210-2220 2340-2350 Colom smt 4,25430 38,82370 1750-1760 2130-2140 Cresques knoll 2,70600 40,41700 1200-1210 1780-1790 El Planazo bank -0,20750 37,83390 210-220 400-410 El Seco (Secano) smt -0,02910 37,60440 120-130 750-760 Emile Baudot smt 2,50400 38,73200 119-120 740-750 Felibres hills 6,15465 41,67975 2320-2330 2600-2610 Felibres hills 6,33020 41,70688 2490-2500 2590-2600 Genova smt? 8,78836 43,76679 810-820 1270-1280 Jaume 1 smt 4,02800 38,92900 1700-1710 1940-1950 Khayr-Al-Din bank 1,91820 36,85380 1910-1920 2010-2020 La Renaixença hills 5,20510 41,42970 2310-2320 2460-2470 La Renaixença hills 5,38690 41,63710 2230-2240 2410-2420 La Renaixença hills 5,51334 41,42045 2390-2400 2490-2500 La Renaixença hills 5,56100 41,64460 2300-2310 2450-2460 La Renaixença hills 5,80150 41,59020 2350-2360 2500-2510 Maimonides / Genoveses rdg -1,62788 36,52127 790-800 1060-1070 Maimonides / Genoveses rdg -1,46411 36,57502 1280-1290 1530-1540 Morrot de Sa Dragonera smt 1,56700 39,49400 900-910 1130-1140 smt? 9,04600 43,82700 830-840 1020-1030 Plis Plas bank -0,07086 37,78354 320-330 460-470 Prunnes smt 1,62100 38,08600 1310-1320 1550-1560 S.Lucia bank 9,50086 43,58391 140-150 520-530 Ses Olives smt 2,01243 38,95894 260-270 590-600 Spartacus smt 3,94022 40,85080 2380-2390 2520-2530 Spinola spur 8,73432 43,38815 1970-1980 2140-2150 Ulisse smt 8,93008 43,92972 460-470 720-730 Xabia smt 0,71600 38,82700 650-660 790-800

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Fig. 2: Western Mediterranean seamount general map (bathymetry at 500m interval).

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Tyrrhenian Sea

Revised by: Marzia Bo (DISTAV - University of Genoa, Italy)and Marzia Rovere (National Research Council · Institute of Marine Science ISMAR, Italy).

Tab. 3: Tyrrhenian Sea seamount list.

SM NAME Long. Lat. Peak (m) Base (m) Aceste/Tiberio smt 11,51683 38,41736 120-130 790-800 Albano smt 12,05938 41,35898 250-260 580-590 Albatros/Cicerone smt 13,18365 40,39669 1390-1400 2300-2310 Alcione smt 15,29632 39,27159 920-930 1750-1760 Anchise smt 12,82098 38,69209 510-520 1140-1150 Augusto smt 12,49610 39,12990 1950-1960 2240-2250 Baronie/K smt 10,23650 40,60155 160-170 1310-1320 Casoni smt 15,19070 38,73095 1040-1050 1120-1130 Cassinis smt 11,71696 40,76766 1090-1100 1680-1690 Catullo smt 12,91848 39,35610 2880-2890 3190-3200 Cialdi smt 10,59555 41,84720 300-310 1210-1220 Cornacya smt 10,23771 39,11126 1240-1250 1530-1540 Cornaglia smt 10,65460 39,70234 1030-1040 2520-2530 D'Ancona rdg 12,12106 39,93411 2710-2720 3320-3330 De Marchi smt 12,26260 40,22975 2360-2370 3390-3400 Diamante smt 15,30437 39,65667 400-410 700-710 Drepano smt 12,22538 38,61323 460-470 710-720 Enarete smt 14,00036 38,64233 320-330 1650-1660 Enea smt 11,74133 39,44368 2850-2860 3220-3230 Enotrio smt 15,34239 39,50153 290-300 740-750 Eolo smt 14,15862 38,56311 640-650 1360-1370 Etruschi smt 10,36715 41,66705 310-320 690-700 Farfalla smt 12,47504 40,43822 2450-2460 3140-3150 Finale struct high 14,15919 38,30456 800-810 1280-1290 Flavio Gioia smt 13,04610 40,04247 2100-2110 2900-2910 G.Cesare/Caesar smt 11,44669 38,61729 1150-1160 1610-1620 Garibaldi/Glauco smt 13,78836 39,10907 17701-1780 2370-2380 Glabro smt 15,16295 39,51302 850-860 1190-1200 Gortani smt 12,46722 40,27171 3110-3120 3460-3470 Ichnusa smt 9,58249 38,75063 190-200 960-970 Issel smt 13,66253 39,68378 1910-1920 2650-2660 Lametino 1 smt 15,39613 39,05503 950-960 1810-1820 Lametino 2 smt 15,32143 39,00910 1370-1380 2140-2150 Lucrezio smt 13,25028 38,97996 2680-2690 3310-3320 Major smt 11,28346 39,69708 2060-2070 2790-2800 Marsili/Plinio smt 14,39681 39,28405 570-580 3170-3180 Marussi smt 10,56331 40,60884 1040-1050 1520-1530 Monte della Rondine 11,67480 40,22161 1950-1960 2370-2380 Orazio smt 13,41620 39,33150 3000-3010 3330-3340 Ovidio smt 15,46812 39,55649 240-250 370-380 Palinuro/Strabo smt 14,82892 39,48455 70-80 1570-1580 Pompeo smt 11,80853 38,59667 1040-1050 1300-1310 Poseidone smt 13,83795 39,72609 1640-1650 2140-2150 Prometeo smt 13,46877 38,62567 1830-1840 2140-2150 Quirra smt 10,32088 39,31691 890-900 1590-1600 Sallustio smt 10,91509 39,75541 2410-2420 2730-2740

7 San Vito rdg 12,85033 38,32516 580-590 720-730 Sardinia smt 10,13769 40,02648 1190-1200 1460-1470 Scuso smt 12,55012 38,26734 50-60 290-300 Secchi/Adriano smt 11,70386 40,44694 1220-1230 2420-2430 Sele smt 14,20890 40,29675 240-250 720-730 Selli line 11,76898 40,23431 1980-1990 2370-2380 Sirene smt 13,92116 40,25926 660-670 1050-1060 Sisifo smt 13,85064 38,78828 1080-1090 2010-2020 Solunto struct high 13,74908 38,41578 730-740 1320-1330 Tacito smt 13,56702 40,18627 1150-1160 1520-1530 Tiberino smt 11,54940 41,66814 290-300 770-780 Tibullo smt 12,83646 39,76375 3070-3080 3540-3550 Tito Livio smt 10,91430 39,35462 2270-2280 2660-2670 Traiano smt 12,22970 38,98816 1920-1930 2290-2300 V.Emanuele/Magnaghi smt 11,77930 39,90917 1530-1540 3140-3150 Vavilov smt 12,61264 39,85498 820-830 3150-3160 Vercelli smt 10,90581 41,10792 60-70 1000-1010 Vespasiano smt 12,76689 38,79367 1530-1540 1850-1860 Virgilio smt 12,51836 39,30674 2650-2660 3040-3050

Fig. 3: Tyrrhenian Sea seamount general map (bathymetry at 500m interval).

8 Channel – Ionian Sea – Adriatic Sea

Revised by: Mehdi Aissi (University of Bizerte, Tunisia), Marzia Bo (DISTAV - University of Genoa, Italy) and Marzia Rovere (National Research Council · Institute of Marine Science ISMAR, Italy).

Tab. 4: Sicily Channel – Ionian Sea – Adriatic Sea seamount list.

SM NAME Long. Lat. Peak (m) Base (m) Adventure bank 11,70002 37,16695 120-130 270-280 Akhdar smt 20,98349 33,21668 2200-2210 2370-2380 Alfeo smt 15,85085 36,72936 2550-2560 3080-3090 Alfil bank 12,95050 36,16720 400-410 620-630 Angelina smt 12,33385 36,43206 200-210 560-570 Anteo hills 16,80930 36,87550 3190-3200 3250-3260 Anteo hills 16,87620 36,91690 3230-3240 3350-3360 Archimedes smt 17,98400 34,36696 1740-1750 3100-3110 Bannock smt 12,95061 36,47550 280-290 780-790 Battos smt 20,40880 33,52980 1810-1820 3190-3200 Bouri bank 13,45112 35,38384 90-100 380-390 Conrad spur 19,50011 33,85053 3310-3320 3750-3760 Dauno smt 17,48397 41,54261 710-720 850-860 Empedocle smt 12,87937 37,14235 40-50 (6) 190-200 Epicharmos smt 16,58384 34,28377 250-260 1290-1300 Estafette bank 9,66758 37,63289 80-90 230-240 Foerstner bank 11,73342 37,03323 210-220 390-400 Fonkal bank 12,95400 35,51400 180-190 380-390 Hecate bank 10,73360 37,96749 190-200 370-380 Herodotus - Cyrene smt 19,93370 33,59970 990-1000 2190-2200 Keith reef 11,00010 38,04030 130-140 370-380 Madrepore bank 13,38452 36,76370 270-280 580-590 Medina bank 15,33660 34,99230 120-130 320-330 Medina/Malte rdg 17,05067 34,91705 1090-1100 2320-2330 Medina/Malte rdg 17,09440 36,93170 3290-3300 3370-3380 Melita bank 14,33338 34,33418 80-90 330-340 Nomeless bank 13,21751 36,21668 250-260 580-590 Pantelleria bank 11,55029 37,05021 130-140 400-410 Pinne – Julia bank 12,87395 36,91394 10-20 330-340 Resgui bank 10,15029 38,00062 200-210 380-390 Sentinelle bank 9,68409 38,03398 90-100 390-400 Silvia knoll 11,48470 38,23390 120-130 370-380 Talbot bank 11,46703 37,41738 50-60 240-250 Victor Hansen smt 18,48815 35,78397 3770-3780 4080-4090

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Fig. 4: Sicily Channel – Ionian Sea – Adriatic Sea seamount general map (bathymetry at 500m interval).

10 Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Revised by: Mehdi Aissi (University of Bizerte, Tunisia) and Bayram Öztürk (University of Istanbul, Turkey).

Tab. 5: Eastern Mediterranean seamount list.

SM NAME Long. Lat. Peak (m) Base (m) Akdeniz reef 27,96556 35,07780 183 760-1900 Alkyoni bank 25,56280 38,22130 60-70 410-420 Amphitriti bank? 24,34360 38,96320 50-60 170-180 Anaxagoras smt - Finike bank 30,51171 35,67566 901-951 1951-2001 Anaximander - Finike smt 29,78160 35,50840 Anaximenes smt 30,16420 35,43070 Aphroditi bank? 24,53820 39,70040 ?? ?? Balıkçı reef 25,99832 37,91021 91 210-260 Bilim reef 34,44887 36,36251 51 240-550 Brouker-Stok bank 25,33660 38,86840 80-90 200-210 Cretan - Pelopónnisos rdg 22,83332 36,05065 151-201 351-401 Cruiser - Erwing smt 27,50000 32,28000 Dursun Kaptan reef? 25,94854 40,10044 49 59-75 Erathosthenes smt 32,73362 33,74444 651-701 1751-1801 G zelyurt smt 32,75000 35,55000 Galaleia bank? 24,47504 38,48290 40-50 170-180 Glavki bank 24,45670 39,61340 110-120 320-330 Hecataeus knoll 33,61840 34,44025 251-301 701-751 Hecataeus smt 34,34533 34,44201 1151-1201 1451-1501 Ira - Navtilos bank 24,19150 38,74720 100-110 260-270 Ira-Navtilos bank? 24,24609 38,67146 40-50 260-270 Irving smt 28,05000 31,97000 Kas reef 29,52424 35,49047 91 1200-2300 Kolumbo Volcano 25,47170 36,52070 90-100 (10-20) 280-290 Literi bank 24,85500 38,79660 110-120 250-260 Mansel - Tzonston bank 25,21270 39,21250 70-80 170-180 Mediterranean rdg? 22,97820 34,07086 1951-2001 2101-2151 Navtilos - Ira bank 24,21260 38,82190 140-150 260-270 Plantagenet - Irving smt 27,45000 32,38333 Ptolemy smt 24,56142 34,60924 1701-1751 1101-1151 Sinaia bank 25,78770 38,86310 70-80 210-220 Stok- Brouker bank 25,39500 38,87820 70-80 200-210 Stokes bank 24,85928 38,81486 51-101 201-251 Tüdav reef? 25,79919 39,83282 49 65-103 Turgut Reis smt 35,01300 35,02200 800 960 Tzonston - Mansel bank 25,38780 39,29600 30-40 170-180 Venus bank 25,02910 40,23870 150-160 350-360 Yunus reef 26,25719 37,14237 75-93 228-350

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Fig. 5: Eastern Mediterranean seamount general map (bathymetry at 500m interval).

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