Geologists discover an “underground passage” linking the Galapagos Islands and Panama

Geologists at the US National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) have found an answer to the question of why volcanic rocks were found in Panama despite the absence of intense volcanic activity in the area.
Scientists for several decades have not been able to explain the discovery of remnants of volcanic activity in Panama, and it turns out that these rocks were carried by “mantle winds” through an “underground passage” from the Galapagos Islands, which are located at a distance of more than 1,609 kilometers from Panama.
The group of islands is located in the eastern Pacific Ocean, 972 kilometers west of Ecuador, according to the “Expresso” website.

This discovery may change scientists’ idea of geological processes that occur beneath the Earth’s surface. They now know that hotspots such as those formed by the Galapagos Islands and Hawaii are not static.