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Because the lithospheric ocean plate moves with plate tectonics over the stationary mantle based hot spot, forming a series of volcanoes.
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∙ 14y agoBecause the lithospheric ocean plate moves with plate tectonics over the stationary mantle based hot spot, forming a series of volcanoes.
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∙ 7y agoBecause the oceanic plate the hot spot is under is moving over the hot spot. This causes the hot spot to penetrate the oceanic plate in different places over time following a line. Each time the hot spot repenetrates the oceanic plate a new volcano forms... making a line of volcanic islands, extinct volcanoes, atolls, and sea mounts across the ocean.
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∙ 9y agoThe continental plates are "drifting" around on the Earth's mantle, the layer below the crust. For some reason, the hot spots in the mantle appear to be stationary, or at least do not move the way the plates do. So the hot spot in the Pacific Ocean has pumped out a series of volcanic islands, which then drift off of the hot spot and begin to erode, such as Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, and the Big Island of Hawaii. As the Big Island moves northwest away from the hot spot, its volcanoes will become dormant, and then extinct.
There is now a new submarine volcano that will, in a few thousand years, create a new island southeast of Hawaii.
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∙ 12y agoheat rises and forms a volcano to simplify it
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∙ 10y agoBecause vulcanoes make islands
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How many islands were built by volcanoes?
40
What kind of volcanoes create islands?
Both shield volcanoes and stratovolcanoes can form islands.
How many volcanoes do the Bahamas have?
None. The Bahamas are not volcanic. They are reef islands.
Are there any islands with a volcano?
No. An island can only be a volcano if it was a volcano to begin with. That said, a volcano can be dormant for hundreds of years, so it may not be readily apparent that an island is volcanic.
Will volcanos destroy the Hawaiian Islands or will the islands sink?
Well the islands can't sink it's impossible so it would most likely be volcanoes
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.
How many islands have volcanoes?
56
How many volcanoes are on the Japanese islands?
About 150 volcanoes in total. 60 are active.
How many islands were built by volcanoes?
40
How many volcanoes are there on all of the Hawaiian islands?
200
How many volcanoes are on mainland Greece and the islands altogether?
80
What type of volcanoes formed the Hawaiian islands?
The Hawiian islands are formed by shield volcanoes.
What kind of volcanoes create islands?
Both shield volcanoes and stratovolcanoes can form islands.
How many volcanoes do the Bahamas have?
None. The Bahamas are not volcanic. They are reef islands.
Are islands the same thing as volcanoes?
No. Islands are small bodies of land, whereas volcanoes have erupted to make new land.Sometimes, large volcanoes can cause new islands to emerge (like Hawaii, for example), but volcanoes and islands are two very different things.
What type of volcanoes are on the Hawaiian Islands?
Shield volcanoes
What type of a volcanoes are in the Hawaiian Islands?
They are shield volcanoes
