Explorer Seamount
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Explorer Seamount | |
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Summit depth | 830 m (2,723 ft) |
Location | |
Location | North Pacific Ocean |
Coordinates | 49°05′N 130°48′W / 49.083°N 130.800°W |
Country | Canada |
Geology | |
Type | Submarine volcano |
Age of rock | Holocene |
The Explorer Seamount is a seamount located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of British Columbia, Canada. It is on the Explorer Ridge, a tectonic spreading centre that separates the Pacific and Explorer plates and so the volcanism is rift-related. It is the namesake of the Explorer Ridge.
Explorer Seamount is named after the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey ship USC&GS Explorer (OSS 28), which operated from 1940 to 1943 in the northern Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Alaska.[1]
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