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Volcanoes at Plate Edges and Plumes
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Volcanoes often line up along the edges of tectonic plates. A few sit far from those edges above deep mantle plumes.
In the picture
- Coloured band along a plate edge: a plate boundary.
- Cone on the coloured band: a volcano at a plate boundary.
- Cone far from the band: an isolated volcano.
- Red plume in the cutaway: a mantle plume rising from deep below.
Examples
- The Ring of Fire around the Pacific Ocean has many volcanoes along plate edges.
- The Hawaiian Islands sit over a mantle plume far from any plate boundary.
Key takeaways
- Most volcanoes occur along plate boundaries.
- A few volcanoes form over deep mantle plumes away from plate edges.
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