Jackson Volcano

Jackson Volcano is the name for an extinct volcano located 2900 feet (884 meters) directly below the city of Jackson, Mississippi. The Jackson Volcano is the only volcano located directly below a major population center or capital city in the United States. cite news |first=University of|last=Mississippi|title=The Geology of Mississippi|url=http://smartweed.olemiss.edu/nmgk8/curriculum/middleschool/eighth/geology_of_mississippi/The%20Geology%20of%20Mississippi.pdf|work=University of Mississippi|date=2003-12-12|accessdate=2007-09-27]

Jackson Volcano is believed to be extinct for at least 65 million years. [ [http://www.deq.state.ms.us/MDEQ.nsf/page/Geology_faq?OpenDocument Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality: Frequently Asked Questions] ] A theory states that the Jackson Volcano and related igneous activity in Mississippi were a result of the North America Plate's passage over the Bermuda hotspot 65 million years ago. [cite journal | last = Vogt | first = Peter R. | coauthors = Woo-Yeol Jung | title = Origin of the Bermuda volcanoes and the Bermuda Rise: History, observations, models, and puzzles | journal = Special Paper 430: Plates, Plumes and Planetary Processes | volume = 430| issue = | pages = pp. 553–591 | publisher = Geological Society of America | location = | date = 2007 | url = http://www.mantleplumes.org/P%5E4/P%5E4Chapters/VogtBermudaP4AcceptedMS.pdf | format = PDF | doi = 10.1130/2007.2430(27)]

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