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Yes, they are the earliest hawaiian islands and run up to and under Siberia which would be the earliest of the group.....the arch or indentation of the seamounts into the aleution/siberian plate is caused by drift.....the 60 degree bend in the emperor mount/hawaiiaqn range (just west of midway island) was caused as the result of an ancient alien impact into the planet earth millions of years ago, such as the impact(s) that caused pangeae to break up into the presentday continents.

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