volcanic hotspot

C14706
concept

A volcanic hotspot is a localized area in the mantle where unusually hot, buoyant rock rises toward the surface, producing long-lived volcanic activity often far from tectonic plate boundaries.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
volcanic hotspot canonical 5
hotspot volcano 1
intraplate volcanic chain 1

Instances (9)

Instance Via concept surface
Canary hotspot volcanic system intraplate volcanic system
Tweed Volcano hotspot volcano
Galápagos hotspot
Hawaiian hotspot intraplate volcanic hotspot
Samoan Islands volcanic chain intraplate volcanic chain
Canary hotspot
Society hotspot
Azores hotspot
Easter hotspot