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Where are new volcanoes in the Hawaiian island chain forming

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The Hawaiian Islands are a very small section of a huge chain of volcanic islands that crosses the northern half of the Pacific Ocean, called the Hawaiian-Emperor Volcanic Island Chain, which is over 6,000 kilometres long. The chain is linear, with a large bend in the middle: the southern half is called the Hawaiian Ridge and the northern half is called the Imperial Seamount.

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the next volcano in the Hawaiian chain should form east or south of the Island of Hawai'i. Abundant evidence indicates that such a new volcano exists at Lö'ihi
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