Easter hotspot

Easter hotspot

The Easter hotspot is a volcanic hotspot located in the southeastern Pacific Ocean. The hotspot created the Sala y Gómez Ridge which includes Easter Island and the Pukao Seamount which is at the ridges's young western edge.

ee also

* Easter Island#Geology
* Moai (seamount)
* Pukao (Seamount)
* Sala y Gómez

References

* [http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/petroj/online/Volume_38/Issue_06/html/ega038_gml.html#hd15 HAASE, STOFFERS & GARBE-SCHÖNBERG]


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