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
Explorer Seamount Location of Explorer Seamount
Summit depth	830 m (2,723 ft)
Location
Location	North Pacific Ocean
Coordinates	49°05′N 130°48′W
Country	Canada
Geology
Type	Submarine volcano
Age of rock	Holocene

Explorer Seamount is named after the Coast and Geodetic Survey ship Explorer, which ran from 1940 to 1943 in the northern Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Alaska.[1]

See also

• Volcanism of Canada
• Volcanism of Western Canada
• List of volcanoes in Canada

Notes

References

• British Columbia Marine Topography^{[permanent dead link]}

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