Canary hotspot - Wikipedia Canary hotspot The Canary hotspot is marked 18 on map The Canary hotspot, also called the Canarian hotspot, is a volcanic hotspot believed to be located at the Canary Islands off the north - western coast of Africa, although alternative theories have also been suggested to explain the volcanism there. The Canary hotspot is believed to be underlain by a mantle plume that is relatively deep. It is believed to have first appeared about 60 million years ago. Recent activity From July to September 2011, the Canarian island of El Hierro experienced thousands of small tremors, believed to be the result of magma movements beneath the island. This resulted in fears of an imminent volcanic eruption, which began October 10, 2011, approximately 1 km south of the island in a fissure on the floor of the ocean and is continuing with the possibility that a new island will form or an existing island become larger. See also 2011 -- 12 El Hierro eruption. See also Surtsey References Jump up ^ The Origin of the Canary Islands : A chronology of ideas and related concepts from the Antiquity to the end of 20th century. Jump up ^ Effects of Canary hotspot volcanism on structure of oceanic crust off Morocco Retrieved on 2007 - 10 - 13 Jump up ^ Rob Hugh - Jones ( 4 December 2011 ). `` Canary Island volcano : A new island in the making ? ''. BBC News Magazine. BBC. Retrieved 15 April 2016. This volcanology article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canary_hotspot&oldid=802268350 '' Categories : Hotspots of the Atlantic Ocean Volcanism of the Canary Islands Volcanology stubs Talk About Wikipedia Italiano Edit links This page was last edited on 25 September 2017, at 01 : 49. About Wikipedia

Question: what is the approximate location of the canary island hotspot
Answer: the Canary Islands off the north-western coast of Africa