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Hawaii is made up of a chain of over 100 volcanic islands, but the main Hawaiian islands were formed by five shield volcanoes: Kohala, Mauna Kea, Hualalai, Mauna Loa, and Kilauea. These volcanoes were created as the Pacific tectonic plate moved over a hotspot in Earth's mantle.

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