Bowie Seamount
Submarine volcano in the northeastern Pacific Ocean / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bowie Seamount, or SG̱aan Ḵinghlas ("Supernatural One Looking Outward") in the Haida language,[3][4] is a large submarine volcano in the northeastern Pacific Ocean, located 180 km (110 mi) west of Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada. The seamount is also known as Bowie Bank. The English name for the feature is after William Bowie of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.[5]
Bowie Seamount | |
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Summit depth | 24 m (79 ft)[1][2] |
Height | ~3,000 m (9,843 ft) |
Location | |
Location | North Pacific Ocean, 180 km (112 mi) west of the Haida Gwaii |
Coordinates | 53°18′24.93″N 135°39′33.23″W |
Country | Canada |
Geology | |
Type | Submarine volcano |
Volcanic arc/chain | Kodiak-Bowie Seamount chain |
Age of rock | Pleistocene |
Last eruption | 18,000 years ago[2] |
The volcano has a flat-topped summit rising about 3,000 m (10,000 ft) above the seabed, to 24 m (79 ft) below sea level.[1] The seamount lies at the southern end of a long underwater volcanic mountain range called the Pratt-Welker or Kodiak-Bowie Seamount chain, stretching from the Aleutian Trench in the north almost to Haida Gwaii in the south.[1]
Bowie Seamount lies on the Pacific Plate, a large segment of the Earth's surface which moves in a northwestern direction under the Pacific Ocean. It is adjacent to two other submarine volcanoes; Hodgkins Seamount on its northern flank and Graham Seamount on its eastern flank.