Hodgkins Seamount

Hodgkins Seamount

Map of submarine volcanoes on the coast of British Columbia, including Hodgkins Seamount
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Summit depth 790 m (2,592 ft)
Location
Location North Pacific Ocean, south of Pierce Seamount and north of Bowie Seamount
Coordinates 53°18′N 136°30′W / 53.30°N 136.5°W / 53.30; -136.5Coordinates: 53°18′N 136°30′W / 53.30°N 136.5°W / 53.30; -136.5
Country Canada
Geology
Type Submarine volcano
Volcanic arc/chain Kodiak-Bowie Seamount chain

Hodgkins Seamount is a seamount in the Kodiak-Bowie Seamount chain, located south of Pierce Seamount and north of Bowie Seamount. Hodgkins Seamount has apparently experienced two generically different episodes of volcanism, separated by about 12 million years ago.[1] Like the rest of the Kodiak-Bowie seamounts, it was formed by the Bowie hotspot.

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References

  1. ↑ Geochronology and origin of the Pratt-Welker seamount chain, Gulf of Alaska: A new pole of rotation for the Pacific plate
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