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Digital data files, including the outlines of LIPs and locations of present-day plate
boundaries and hotspots are available via Anonymous FTP (ftp ftp.ig.utexas.edu and cd
pub/LIPS/Maps/Data/hotspots.gmt).
Below is a list of active hotspots. At the bottom is a map. These hotspots are after the work of:
Müller, R.D., Royer, J.-Y., and Lawver, L.A., 1993, Revised plate motions relative to the hotspots from combined Atlantic and Indian Ocean hotspot tracks, Geology, vol. 21, pp. 275-278.
Some locations (noted by "GVP") have been revised using the Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanology Program's list of volcanoes.
Longitude |
Latitude |
Name |
42.0000 |
12.0000 |
AFAR, EHTIOPIA |
-25.0000 |
-17.0000 |
ARNOLD SEAMOUNT |
-14.3700 |
-7.9500 |
ASCENSION (GVP) |
-139.9699 |
-29.3722 |
AUSTRAL-COOK ISLANDS HOTSPOT |
-28.0000 |
38.0000 |
AZORES |
-113.0000 |
27.0000 |
BAJA CALIFORNIA, GUADAL |
164.7017 |
-67.3982 |
BALLENY |
-60.0000 |
30.0000 |
BERMUDA |
3.3500 |
-53.9300 |
BOUVET (GVP) |
-135.6000 |
53.5000 |
BOWIE SEAMOUNT, KODIAC SEAMOUNTS |
-17.0000 |
28.0000 |
CANARY ISLANDS |
-24.0000 |
15.0000 |
CAPE VERDE |
-6.1500 |
-13.0000 |
CARDNO SEAMOUNT |
166.0000 |
5.0000 |
CAROLINE ISLANDS |
44.0000 |
-12.0000 |
COMORES ISLANDS |
45.0000 |
-46.2500 |
CROZET |
-109.4500 |
-27.1200 |
EASTER ISLAND (GVP) |
6.8500 |
50.1700 |
EIFEL, BELGIUM (GVP) |
-32.0000 |
-4.0000 |
FERNANDO |
-86.1500 |
0.7920 |
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS (GVP) |
-155.0000 |
20.0000 |
HAWAII |
6.0000 |
23.0000 |
HOGGAR MOUNTAINS, ALGER |
-20.0000 |
64.0000 |
ICELAND |
24.2700 |
12.9500 |
JEBEL MARRA, SUDAN (GVP) |
-128.0000 |
46.0000 |
JUAN DE FUCA, COBB SEAM |
-79.0000 |
-34.0000 |
JUAN FERNANDEZ |
63.0000 |
-49.0000 |
KERGUELEN |
36.0000 |
-3.0000 |
LAKE VICTORIA, EAST AFRICA |
-116.7000 |
-26.3000 |
LINE ISLANDS |
-138.1000 |
-50.9000 |
LOUISVILLE HOTSPOT |
-140.2600 |
-28.9900 |
MACDONALD SEAMOUNT (GVP) |
-17.0000 |
33.0000 |
MADEIRA |
37.7500 |
-46.9000 |
MARION ISLAND (GVP) |
-137.5000 |
-7.5000 |
MARQUESAS ISLANDS |
-153.5000 |
-21.0000 |
MARSHALL-GILBERT ISLANDS |
9.1700 |
4.2030 |
MOUNT CAMEROON (GVP) |
167.1700 |
-77.5300 |
MOUNT EREBUS (GVP) |
-120.3000 |
-10.0000 |
MUSICIANS HOTSPOT |
-130.1000 |
-24.1000 |
PITCAIRN ISLAND |
-104.0800 |
36.4200 |
RATON, NEW MEXICO (GVP) |
55.7130 |
-21.2290 |
REUNION (FOURNAISE) (GVP) |
77.5300 |
-38.7200 |
ST. PAUL ISLAND (GVP) |
-109.0000 |
-27.0000 |
SALA Y GOMEZ |
-169.6000 |
-14.2000 |
SAMOA |
-80.1200 |
-26.2700 |
SAN FELIX (GVP) |
-147.9819 |
-18.0925 |
SOCIETY ISLANDS |
-149.5000 |
-17.6000 |
TAHITI |
150.5000 |
-40.4000 |
TASMANIA |
17.0000 |
21.0000 |
TIBESTI, CHAD |
-29.3310 |
-20.5140 |
TRINDADE (GVP) |
-12.2800 |
-37.0920 |
TRISTAN DA CUNHA (GVP) |
16.0000 |
-32.0000 |
VEMA SEAMOUNT |
-110.6700 |
44.4300 |
YELLOWSTONE (GVP) |
-28.5000 |
29.3400 |
ACTIVE SEAMOUNT S OF GREENLAND |
48.4000 |
-53.4000 |
UNNAMED SEAMOUNT EAST OF LENA SEAMOUNT ON CONRAD RISE |
159.7500 |
-34.6740 |
FLINDERS SEAMOUNT, LORD HOWE RISE, TASMAN SEA |
