Aren’t the Hawaiian islands just a series of hot spots?
Matheuss81 on
Isn’t that something like The Pacific Ring of Fire?
BlinkypoetEmu on
Magma plume on the move!
GrizbardTheGoblin on
can we combine the states in that case? Having 50 just seems excessive
punarob on
No, the old Hawaiian islands and seamounts on the Pacific plate get submerged under the North American plate so they’re not any more related that the flat parts of the seafloor are on the Pacific plate
Will_Come_For_Food on
That’s definitely two different intersecting archipelagos.
JasonMckin on
I read somewhere if you drained all the water from earth, all the islands and continents would be part of a giant 20000 mile archipelago too.
Old_General_6741 on
Did not see that pattern.
Nick_from_Yuma on
Wait til this guy hears about Pangaea
Tynebeaner on
The Hawaiian islands end at the subduction zone that is the reason the Aleutians are there. The Hawaiian islands move, too. So while they are separate, they are still super cool.
n-e-yokes on
America’s wang
Ambitious-Concern-42 on
That kink is where the Pacific Plate changed direction.
Important_Ship_2632 on
Or hot spot
WorkerPrestigious960 on
dih
Gold_Matter_609 on
Does this mean that when there was a land bridge connecting Alaska and Russia that there was likely a similar bridge connecting all of these down to Hawaii?
urick15 on
It looks either like a long penis, or a thin long smooth poop.
HyperionShrike_ on
Ahh yes, the Wishbone.
agate_ on
They’re basically part of one archipelago in the same way that two cars crashing into each other are basically one big car.
jcrao on

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A submerged archipelago
Aren’t the Hawaiian islands just a series of hot spots?
Isn’t that something like The Pacific Ring of Fire?
Magma plume on the move!
can we combine the states in that case? Having 50 just seems excessive
No, the old Hawaiian islands and seamounts on the Pacific plate get submerged under the North American plate so they’re not any more related that the flat parts of the seafloor are on the Pacific plate
That’s definitely two different intersecting archipelagos.
I read somewhere if you drained all the water from earth, all the islands and continents would be part of a giant 20000 mile archipelago too.
Did not see that pattern.
Wait til this guy hears about Pangaea
The Hawaiian islands end at the subduction zone that is the reason the Aleutians are there. The Hawaiian islands move, too. So while they are separate, they are still super cool.
America’s wang
That kink is where the Pacific Plate changed direction.
Or hot spot
dih
Does this mean that when there was a land bridge connecting Alaska and Russia that there was likely a similar bridge connecting all of these down to Hawaii?
It looks either like a long penis, or a thin long smooth poop.
Ahh yes, the Wishbone.
They’re basically part of one archipelago in the same way that two cars crashing into each other are basically one big car.
