Jan Mayen hotspot

The Jan Mayen hotspot is a proposed volcanic hotspot responsible for the volcanic activity that has formed the island of Jan Mayen in the northern Atlantic Ocean.^[1]

References

^ Gillian R. Foulger, Donna M. Jurdy (2007). Plates, Plumes, and Planetary Processes. Geological Society of America. pp. 66, 76, 124, 437, 442, 532. ISBN 9780813724300. Retrieved 2014-07-14.

71°0′35″N 8°35′29″W / 71.00972°N 8.59139°W / 71.00972; -8.59139

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[1] Gillian R. Foulger, Donna M. Jurdy (2007). Plates, Plumes, and Planetary Processes. Geological Society of America. pp. 66, 76, 124, 437, 442, 532. ISBN 9780813724300. Retrieved 2014-07-14.

v t e Hotspots
Antarctic Plate	Balleny Erebus Kerguelen
African Plate	Canary New England Réunion Shona Sierra Leone St. Helena Tristan
Eurasian Plate	Azores Eifel Iceland Jan Mayen
Indo-Australian Plate	East Australia Crosgove Tasmantid Lord Howe
Nazca Plate	Easter Galápagos Juan Fernández
North American Plate	Anahim Bermuda Yellowstone
Pacific Plate	Arago Bowie Cobb Hawaii Louisville Macdonald Marquesas Pitcairn Rarotonga Samoa Society
South American Plate	Noronha Trindade
Proposed mechanisms: Mantle plume · Plate theory

Jan Mayen hotspot

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