Frankfurt Seamount, also known as Frankfurt Knoll, is an
undersea mountain in the
North Atlantic Ocean, located about south of
Cape Race on the
North America
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continental rise.
Its summit is more than below sea level and rises to a height of over .
With an areal extent of , Frankfurt Seamount is larger than the
New Brunswick city of
Saint John.
Frankfurt Seamount is one of the seven named
Fogo Seamounts. Its name is derived from
SS ''Frankfurt'', a
German
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steamship that was the first to respond to the
distress signal from the
sinking RMS Titanic.
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Fogo Seamounts
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