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On Hawaii mostly sheild volcanoes are known to be there like mount Kilauea.
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Why aren't the Hawaiian islands considerded the tallest mountains on earth?
The Hawaiian Island do not have the tallest mountains on earth. Our volcanoes would bee the tallest if it were measured from the base instead of sea level.
What kind of volcanoes occur on the hawaiian islands?
The Hawaiian islands were formed by shield volcanoes. However, cinder cones are also present on top of some of them.
Why are there volcanoes in the Hawaiian Islands?
because it is a very hot place so the mountains turn into volcano's
Can mountains form under the sea?
Mountains can form anywhere there is seismic activity, even under the sea. Some of the Hawaiian Islands are in reality the peaks of mountains!
Volcanic mountains such the Hawaiian islands can only be found along tectonic plate boundaries?
Volcanic mountains like the Hawaiian Islands primarily form over hotspots rather than at tectonic plate boundaries. The Hawaiian Islands were created by a stationary hotspot in the Earth's mantle that produces magma, which erupts to form volcanoes as the Pacific Plate moves over it. While many volcanic mountains are indeed found at convergent or divergent plate boundaries, hotspots can create volcanic islands far from these boundaries, as seen in Hawaii.
When the mountains grew high enough to break the oceans surface they became?
its volcanic islands i think Simple answer is islands. Depending on location, answer could be Hawaiian Islands, Aleutian Islands, or any other volcanic islands.
How was Five Islands formed?
The Hawaiian Island Chain (consisting of 19 islands and atolls) are actually to tops sea-mountains known as the Hawaiian Ridge. It was form over thousands of years by volcanic activity over a "hotspot" in the Earth's mantle. Movement of the tectonic plates have moved the island chain slowly in a north by northwest direction, thus creating more islands (read mountains).
Regionally the Hawaiian Islands are part of?
Regionally the Hawaiian Islands are a part of Polynesia.
When was Hawaiian Islands Invitational created?
Hawaiian Islands Invitational was created in 2011.
The formation of the Hawaiian Islands is associated with what kind of boundary?
The formation of the Hawaiian Islands is associated with a hotspot boundary. A hotspot is a location where magma rises to the surface through the mantle, creating a volcanic island chain, like the Hawaiian Islands.
What are the 5 names of the Hawaiian islands?
Hawaiian Islands by Area:Hawaii.Maui.Oahu.Kauai.Molokai.Lanai.NiihauKahoolawe.
What was the original name of the Hawaiian island?
The Hawaiian islands were originally known as the Sandwich Islands.
