Explorer Seamount

Explorer Seamount
Explorer Seamount Location of Explorer Seamount
Summit depth	830 m (2,723 ft)
Location
Location	North Pacific Ocean
Coordinates	49°05′N130°48′W / 49.083°N 130.800°W / 49.083; -130.800
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]

See also

• Volcanism of Canada
• Volcanism of Western Canada
• List of volcanoes in Canada

Notes

1. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency - Undersea Features History Archived 2013-02-17 at the Wayback Machine

References

• British Columbia Marine Topography ^{[ permanent dead link ]}