Canary hotspot volcanic system

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The Canary hotspot volcanic system is a mantle plume-driven volcanic region responsible for forming and sustaining the volcanically active Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hotspot ⓘ
intraplate volcanic system ⓘ
mantle plume ⓘ
ageEstimate Mesozoic to Cenozoic activity ⓘ
associatedWith monogenetic volcanic fields ⓘ
ocean island basalts ⓘ
rift zones ⓘ
shield volcanoes ⓘ
submarine volcanic edifices ⓘ
controlsVolcanismOf El Hierro ⓘ
Fuerteventura ⓘ
Gran Canaria ⓘ
La Gomera ⓘ
La Palma ⓘ
Lanzarote ⓘ
Tenerife ⓘ
countryJurisdiction Spain ⓘ
drivenBy mantle upwelling ⓘ
eruptionStyle Hawaiian eruptions ⓘ
Strombolian eruptions ⓘ
effusive eruptions ⓘ
hasRecentEruptionsOn El Hierro ⓘ
La Palma ⓘ
heatSourceType deep mantle plume ⓘ
influences Canary Islands geothermal gradient ⓘ
Canary Islands seismicity ⓘ
Canary Islands topography ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
eastern Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf Morocco ⓘ
Northwest Africa ⓘ
Western Sahara ⓘ
monitoredBy Instituto Geográfico Nacional of Spain ⓘ
Instituto Volcanológico de Canarias ⓘ
oldestVolcanicActivityAge approximately 140 million years ⓘ
producedFeature El Hierro submarine volcano Tagoro ⓘ
linked to: El Hierro
produces basaltic lavas ⓘ
relatedTo Azores hotspot ⓘ
linked to: Azores Plateau

Cape Verde hotspot ⓘ
Hawaii hotspot ⓘ
linked to: Hawaiian hotspot
researchFocus intraplate island-arc interactions ⓘ
mantle plume dynamics ⓘ
ocean island basalt geochemistry ⓘ
responsibleForForming Canary Islands ⓘ
responsibleForSustaining volcanic activity of the Canary Islands ⓘ
tectonicPlate African Plate ⓘ
tectonicSetting passive continental margin ⓘ
volcanismType intraplate volcanism ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cumbre Vieja → partOf → Canary hotspot volcanic system ⓘ
Pico de las Nieves (La Palma) → isPartOf → Canary hotspot volcanic province ⓘ
linked to: Canary hotspot volcanic system