Monaco Bank is a
submarine volcano
Submarine volcanoes are underwater vents or fissures in the Earth's surface from which magma can erupt. Many submarine volcanoes are located near areas of tectonic plate formation, known as mid-ocean ridges. The volcanoes at mid-ocean ridges ...
in the
Azores
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, which last erupted in 1911.
See also
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List of volcanoes in Azores
Although there are no active volcanoes in the continental territory of Portugal, apart from geological remnants of ancient volcanism, the Portuguese Atlantic island possessions have a long history of active volcanism. The following is a list of a ...
References
Seamounts of the Atlantic Ocean
Active volcanoes
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