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Volcanoes - It is called a hot spot and as the earths crust moves over the spot, volcanoes form and in this case, created the chain of islands.
They formed from a hot spot in earths crust
The Hawiian Islands are the tops of huge undersea volcanoes.
The way the islands have formed, although far away from any fault, the area is a volcanic hot-spot. Back a couple million years, the crust beneath was thinning and rising. A series of undersea volcanic eruptions force volcanic material upwards, making the islands. The thinning of the crust, literally, moves southward to make other islands.
It has to do wih tectonic plates
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When mount st helens erupted did it form the hawiian islands?
No. The Hawaiian islands are formed by a mantle plume.
The hawaiian islands are a chain of volcanoes that form over?
that were formed over hot spots
What group of islands are located south of the equator at 60 west longitude?
Hawaiian Islands
When was Hawaiian Islands Invitational created?
Hawaiian Islands Invitational was created in 2011.
What features form at a hot spot.?
They form volcanic mountains by heating magma that breaks through the crust. On the oceanic plates, these crustal hot spots can form chains of volcanic islands such as the Hawaiian Islands.
My islands form a chain in the pacific ocean. which state am i?
Hawaiian Islands
When mount st helens erupted did it form the hawiian islands?
No. The Hawaiian islands are formed by a mantle plume.
How can new Hawaiian islands form?
From Volcanic Eruptions and when tectnotic plates move.
The hawaiian islands are a chain of volcanoes that form over?
that were formed over hot spots
What group of islands are located south of the equator at 60 west longitude?
Hawaiian Islands
When was Hawaiian Islands Invitational created?
Hawaiian Islands Invitational was created in 2011.
Regionally the Hawaiian Islands are part of?
Regionally the Hawaiian Islands are a part of Polynesia.
The Hawaiian islands were formed by which physical process?
The Hawaiian Islands were formed by the movement of the tectonic plates under the ocean floor. When the plates shift magma is released, and land masses form.
Why are the Hawaiian Islands in a line?
The Hawaiian Islands are in a line due to the movement of the Pacific tectonic plate over a hot spot in the Earth's mantle, which creates a chain of volcanic islands as the plate drifts. As the plate moves northwest, new volcanic islands form while older islands erode and subside, resulting in the linear arrangement of the Hawaiian archipelago.
What are the 5 names of the Hawaiian islands?
Hawaiian Islands by Area:Hawaii.Maui.Oahu.Kauai.Molokai.Lanai.NiihauKahoolawe.
Are the hawaiian islands formed at a subduction boundary?
Not. The Hawaiian Islands are formed at a hot spot.
What was the original name of the Hawaiian island?
The Hawaiian islands were originally known as the Sandwich Islands.
