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Table 4.2
Hotspot locations
Most recent
Long.
Lat.
activity (Ma)
Hotspot
Location
Age of crust
Tectonics
(Ma)
42
12
Afar, Ethiopia
Africa
Ridge
TJ
77
−
37
0.0
Amsterdam/St. Paul
Indian Ocean
Ridge
Major FZ
14
8
2.0
Ascension
Equatorial Atlantic
7
FZ
−
−
140
29
Australs/Cook
Aitutaki, Macdonald
−
−
3
46
Auvergne
Chaine de Puys
France
28
38
0.0
Azores
North Atlantic
32
Major FZ
TJ
−
113
27
Baja/Guadalupe
Mexico
Ridge
−
165
67
Balleny
Antarctic plate
−
60
30
30.0
Bermuda
N. Atlantic
117
Edge?
−
3
54
0.0
Bouvet
S. Atlantic
Ridge
RRR
−
135
53
0.0
Bowie Seamount
NE pacific
18
Leaky TF
−
5
16
Cameroon line
C. Atlantic
41
FZ
−
−
−
17
28
1.6
Canary Islands
N. Atlantic
155
FZ
−
24
15
0.0
Cape Verde
off NW Africa
140
Edge?
166
5
1.1
Caroline Islands
W. Equatorial pacific
153
80
−
35
Christmas
S. Indian Ocean
Ridge
−
9
−
8
Circe/Ascension
Equatorial Atlantic
Ridge
FZ
−
130
46
0.1
Cobb
Juan de Fuca
NE Pacific
4
44
−
12
0.0
Comores Islands
N. of Madagascar
128
−
52
37
73.0
Corner
N. Atlantic
98
45
−
46
Crozet/Pr. Edward
SW Indian Ocean
80
−
109
−
27
0.1
Easter
SE Pacific
Ridge(4.5
Ma)
Easter FZ
7
50
Eifel
Europe
167
78
Erebus/Ross Sea
Antarctica
Rift
−
32
4
Fernando De
Noronha
Off NE S. America
Edge
3 FZ
−
−
115
26
0.1
Foundation Smts.
S. Central Pacific
Ridge
−
−
86
1
0.0
Galapagos
E. Equatorial Pacific
Near Ridge
Fragmentation
−
