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What is the name of the Hot spot in the middle of the Pacific plate?
Hawaii
Which state was created over millions of years as the result of a hot spot in the Pacific Ocean?
Hawaii ... IT IS THE ONLY STATE IN THE US of A THAT IS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN BY IT'S SELF!
Which state was created over million of years as a result of a hot spot in the pacific ocean?
hawaii
Which state was created over millions of years as a result of a hot spot in the Pacific Ocean?
Hawaii.
Which phenomenon can explain the presence of volcanoes in the middle of the Pacific Ocean?
Hot Spots.
How are the Azores in the Atlantic ocean like the Mauna Kea in the Pacific ocean?
Both were formed over a hot spot in the oceanic crust.
Where is Hawaii in the ring of fire?
Hawaii is not part of the Ring of Fire. The Ring of Fire is the result of the plate boundaries around the rim of the Pacific Ocean. Hawaii was formed by a hot spot in the middle of the Pacific.
How did hawaiin islands form?
The Hawaiian Islands were formed by a hot spot in the middle of the Pacific Plate. Hot magma rises upward until it spills onto the sea floor, forming a hot spot.
What is the cause of the volcanos on Hawaii?
It's caused by the pacific Ocean going through and extremely hot place called the Hot spot. as the Pacific plate goes through the Hot Spot, a volcano is made and other volcanoes follow. causing the many volcanoes in the Hawaiian islands.
Which 2 plates converged to form kilauea?
None. Kilauea formed at a hot spot in the middle of the Pacific Plate.
Does the island of Hawaii experience volcanism because it is located above the mid pacific ridge?
No. The Island of Hawaii is located above a Hot Spot on the floor of the Pacific Ocean. That is a place where a plume of lava breaks through the floor of the Pacific ocean and pushes up mountains. The Pacific Ocean has other such Hot Spots. None are a big as that underneath the big island of Hawaii.
Where are most valcanos located?
Most volcanoes are located either on a plate boundary or a hot spot.
