Marquesas hotspot

The Marquesas hotspot is a volcanic hotspot in the central Pacific Ocean. It is responsible for the Marquesas Islands, a group of 12 volcanic islands and one of the five archipelagos of French Polynesia.[1] The mantle plume responsible for the hotspot is presently though to underlie the Marquesas Fracture Zone Ridge.[2]

The Marquesas hotspot is marked 26 on map.

See also

References
  1. Flora of the Marquesas Islands
  2. Révillon, Sidonie; Guillou, Hervé; Maury, René C.; Chauvel, Catherine; Aslanian, Daniel; Pelleter, Ewan; Scao, Vincent; Loubrieu, Benoît; Patriat, Martin (December 2017). "Young Marquesas volcanism finally located". Lithos. 294–295: 356–361. doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2017.10.013.


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