The seamount is located approximately 90 km north-east of Lanzarote.

The mount itself rises 2,433 metres above the sea floor and covers an area of 66 x 53 kms.

Concepción Bank is the largest seamount in the Canary Islands Seamount Province.

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References

Rivera, J., Canals, M., Lastras, G., Hermida, N., Amblas, D., Arrese, B., Martín-Sosa, P., Yepes, J.A. (2016) Morphimetry of Concepcion Bank: Evidence of Geological and Biological Processes on a Large Volcanic Seamount of the Canary Islands Seamount Province. PLoS ONE 11(5).

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