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A hot spot develops above the plume. Magma generated by the hot spot rises through the rigid plates of the lithosphere and produces active volcanoes at the Earth's surface. As oceanic volcanoes move away from the hot spot, they cool and subside, producing older islands, atolls, and seamounts.
What else can I help you with?
What do you call volcanoes that aren't on plate boundary edges?
Such volcanoes are hot spot volcanoes.
How do volcanoes form there?
its a hot spot
Do you find volcanoes at a hot spot?
Yes, it is not uncommon to find volcanoes at hot spots.
Is the formation of the Hawaiian Islands is one example of volcanoes forming over a hot spot?
Yes. The Hawaiian Islands were formed by hot spot volcanoes.
What causes hot spot volcanoes form?
Magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust which is what causes hot spot volcanoes to form
What plate interaction is a hot spot volcano?
Hot spot volcanoes are not associated with plate interactions.
What are the hawiian volcaneos are good examples of?
They are good examples of both shield volcanoes and hot spot volcanoes.
Why is Hawaii made of volcanoes?
Because it is located on a hot spot!
The Hawaiian volcanoes formed as a result of which of the following?
Hot spot ^_^
What types of volcanoes are not the result of tectonic activity?
hot spot
A hot spot creates volcanoes in an?
Yes. It sure does :l
How did you find out that planets do have volcanoes?
When they blow off you can spot them with a telescope.
