BOWIE HOTSPOT

The 'Bowie hotspot' is a volcanic hotspot located 180 kilometers west of the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada. The hotspot has made the Kodiak-Bowie Seamount chain,^[1] which has been subducting under Alaska as the Pacific Plate subducts at the Aleutian Trench. The Bowie Seamount is the hotspot's most recent eruptive center, which was active during the last ice age,^[2] and the oldest being the Kodiak Seamount.

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See also

★ Volcanism in Canada

★ Geology of the Pacific Northwest

References

1. NOAA Ocean Explorer: Gulf of Alaska 2004 Retrieved on 2007-09-02
2. The Bowie Seamount Retrieved on 2007-09-02