Because they follow a fault line Because they follow a fault 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.
If an ocean trench is located west of volcanic islands, you can assume that there is a continental shelf nearby. You can also assume that the trench is at least 7000Êm deep.
Due to volcanic eruptions forming islands along a weakness in a long line of the sea bed, the Hawaiian Island chains was formed.
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Volcanic islands have black sand beaches whilst Limestone (coral) islands have white sand beaches.Volcanic islands have fertile soil and in Limestone islands' is not as fertile as Volcanic islands.Volcanic islands tend to be tall whilst Limestone tend to be flat.Volcanic islands have many sulphur springs whilst Limestone islands have little or no sulpher springs.Limestone islands are formed from 'Secretions'of the sea and Volcanic islands are formed from igneous rock and lava.THANK YOUHOPE YOU LEARNED FROM IT!
There are 13 major volcanic islands in the Galápagos Islands archipelago, formed from volcanic activity along the Nazca Plate tectonic boundary. These islands are located in the Pacific Ocean about 1,000 km west of Ecuador.
All of the Azorean islands are volcanic in nature and have volcanic craters.
A volcanic island arc.
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Two examples of volcanic countries outside of the Caribbean are Iceland and the Philippines.
It is more accurate to say that the process that creates volcanic islands also produces earthquakes.