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Explorer Seamount

Coordinates: 49°05′N 130°48′W / 49.083°N 130.800°W / 49.083; -130.800
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Explorer Seamount
Explorer Seamount is located in British Columbia
Explorer Seamount
Explorer Seamount
Location of Explorer Seamount
Summit depth830 m (2,723 ft)
Location
LocationNorth Pacific Ocean
Coordinates49°05′N 130°48′W / 49.083°N 130.800°W / 49.083; -130.800
CountryCanada
Geology
TypeSubmarine volcano
Age of rockHolocene

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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