Template for Submission of Scientific Information to Describe Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas Title/Name of the area:

• Main Author: Coral Seamount
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Antarctic; Indian; Antarc*; Wandering Albatross
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.259.7998; http://www.biodiv.org/doc/meetings/mar/ebsa-sio-01/other/ebsa-sio-01-uk-02-en.pdf

consideration as an EBSA. The seamount lies in sub-Antarctic waters and hosts cold-water coral reef and coral garden communities. The overlying pelagic community comprises Antarctic species and seabirds including wandering albatross, white-chinned petrels and others were observed over the seamount. To date, the seamount is one of only two known to host deep-water coral reefs in the South West Indian Ocean. This reef and coral garden habitats are associated with a high diversity of other species.