3. The Hawaiian Islands are volcanic origin. Each island is
made up of at least one primary volcano.
The big Island, for instance is constructed of 5 major volcanoes: Kilauea, Mauna Loa,
Mauna Kea, Hualalai, and Kohala
4. Hawaii is located in the middle of the north Pacific ocean. It is an archipelago with 8 major island, several atolls, numerous islands and
seamounts. There are 5 active volcanoes in Hawaii
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7. Mantle Plumes are tube like areas where
heat and molten rocks in the mantle are
rising towards the surface.
A hot spot is the surface expression of
the mantle plume.
8. The lithosphere
moves slowly over
the hot spot
resulting to the
formation of a
chain of
volcanoes.
The volcano above the hot spot is considered as the newest or
youngest and the most active.
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10. The Hawaiian islands are products of hot spot
activities in the middle of the Pacific Plate.
15. Mauna Loa last erupted in 1984, and
Kilauea ‘s last eruption was from
1983 to 2018. other volcanoes on
Hawaii islands include: Mauna Kea,
Hualalai, and Kohala.