These were startling results.If the Hawaiian hotspot, now located at a latitude of 19 degrees north, were fixed, the Detroit and Suiko seamounts would have formed at the same latitude.

• 这些结果令人吃惊，因为如果目前位在北纬19度的夏威夷热点是固定的，那麽底特律海底火山与推古海底火山应该也是在同样的纬度形成。