What's the difference between a hotspot volcano and other volcanos?

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Skylar Frey

Geography

10 October, 23:16

What's the difference between a hotspot volcano and other volcanos?

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Chad Rose · Answer 1

As continental volcanoes move away from the hot spot, they cool, subside, and become extinct. Hot spots are places within the mantle where rocks melt to generate magma. The presence of a hot spot is inferred by anomalous volcanism (not at a plate boundary), such as the Hawaiian volcanoes within the Pacific Plate.

Brenton Hobbs · Answer 2

As continental volcanoes move away from the Hot Spot, they cool, subside, and become extinct. The presence of a Hot Spot is inferred by anomalous volcanism (not a plate boundary), such as the Hawaiian volcanoes within the Pacific Plate.