Princesa Alice
Princess Alice Bank is a mid-Atlantic seamount located about 85 km offshore from Pico Island. It rises from depths greater than 1,000 m to a shallow summit around 35 m below the surface. The site is known for open-ocean pelagic life, including large rays, sharks, and schooling fish.
Reported depth
35m+
Depth note
The seamount summit is described as reaching about 35 m below the surface, rising from over 1,000 m deep.
Access, coral, life, crowds, and facilities.
Access
Reached by boat from Horta or Madalena in roughly 3 hours; located about 85 km offshore from Pico Island.
Aquatic Life
Regular sightings include devil rays (mobulas) and giant mantas, along with schools of jacks, Atlantic bonito, barracudas, large tunas, Galapagos sharks, dusky groupers, hogfish, and wrasses.
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