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The Hawaii plume is responsible for the creation of the Hawaiian - Emperor seamount chain, a chain of volcanoes over 5,800 kilometres (3,600 miles) long. Four of these volcanoes are active, two are dormant, and more than 123 are extinct, many having since been ground beneath the waves by erosion as seamounts and atolls.
This gives a total of more than 129 volcanoes as the pacific plate slid over this hotshot.
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What landforms are there at Hawaiis Volcanoes National Park?
Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, on the 'Big Island' of Hawai'i, holds two active volcanoes Kilauea and Mauna Loa. Other than that the park holds many plant and animal species unique to the area, but no other mountainous structures, lakes, or rivers.
Which ocean has many small scattered islands that were formed from the tips of extinct volcanoes?
Pacific
What Hawaiian Islands were formed by which constructive process?
The Hawaiian Islands are formed by the ocean structures known as submarine volcanoes. They continue to build the Pacific islands.
Which volcanoes are located at hot spots?
Hot spots have generated all types of volcanoes but are most often. If you mean to ask about specific volcanoes, there are too many to count, so a few groups and notable volcanoes will be listed: The volcanoes of Hawaii The volcanoes of the Canary Islands The Yellowstone supervolcano The San Francisco volcanic complex (including Sunset Crater and the San Francisco Peaks) The volcanoes of Iceland (associated with both a hot spot and a divergent plate boundary).
How many volcanoes are in Bali?
there are many active volcanoes
What landforms are there at Hawaiis Volcanoes National Park?
Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, on the 'Big Island' of Hawai'i, holds two active volcanoes Kilauea and Mauna Loa. Other than that the park holds many plant and animal species unique to the area, but no other mountainous structures, lakes, or rivers.
Which ocean has many small scattered islands that were formed from the tips of extinct volcanoes?
Pacific
How is loadstone formed?
Loadstones are a type of magnetite. They were formed by volcanoes many years ago. Loadstones are strong magnets that form naturally.
What Hawaiian Islands were formed by which constructive process?
The Hawaiian Islands are formed by the ocean structures known as submarine volcanoes. They continue to build the Pacific islands.
How was Iceland built?
trever gray and jasmine coro were there and then it just was made. and they named it iceland because they were cold when they were they. then they got married there and had 15 children and then one day trever ran them over with the lawn mower and then jasmine moved away from there and they got a devorce.
Which elavation is higher Hawaiis or Australia's?
It is Hawaii because there are many high volcanic peeks.
Why do volcanoes erupt on islands?
It is not so much that volcanoes tend to occur on islands as much as many islands are formed by volcanoes. Subduction zones and hot spots often cause volcanoes to develop on the sea floor. Erupted material then piles up to form islands.
What are the volcano prone areas of the world?
There are many areas around the world where volcanoes reside. Most volcanoes are near plate boundaries (see "what are tectonic plates?") because this is where lava from the mantle is forced upward, to the surface. Volcanoes formed in the middle of plates are formed from "hot spots", regions where hot rock and magma are forced to the surface from deep in the mantle in tube-like formations. As plates slide across these hot spots, lines of volcanoes are formed.
Where in Hawaii was the volcano?
There are many volcanoes in Hawaii. Each island was formed by a volcano, and there are still five active volcanoes there: Loihi, Kilauea, Mauna Loa, Hualalai, and Haleakala. The Hawaiian islands are moving over what is called a "hot spot" below the earth's crust, and as the tectonic plate slides over, new volcanoes are formed.
What Hawaiian islands were formed by constructive process?
All of the Hawaiian islands were formed by volcanoes as lava flows piled up and cooled over the course of many years.
Is the ring of fire around the world dangerous?
It definitely has dangerous aspects, as it formed many active volcanoes and earthquakes zones.
Which volcanoes are located at hot spots?
Hot spots have generated all types of volcanoes but are most often. If you mean to ask about specific volcanoes, there are too many to count, so a few groups and notable volcanoes will be listed: The volcanoes of Hawaii The volcanoes of the Canary Islands The Yellowstone supervolcano The San Francisco volcanic complex (including Sunset Crater and the San Francisco Peaks) The volcanoes of Iceland (associated with both a hot spot and a divergent plate boundary).
