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Volcanoes do not form in just any place. There are certain places on earth where they form.

Most volcanoes form at convergent boundaries. These boundaries are between two plates that move toward each other.

These boundaries are in form of trenches, ocean ridges and transform faults.

The area where many volcanoes have form is around the pacific plate. This area is called the Pacific Ring of Fire.

A volcano may also form at a divergent boundarywhere two plates move away from each other. When two plates pull apart, a long, deep crack called a rift is formed. Magma flows through the rift and builds up, resulting in the formation of volcanic islands.

Some volcanoes form far from the edges of a plate. The Hawaiian Islands which are volcanic islands are located in the middle of the pacific plate. Scientists believe that the islands sit on top of a hot spot under the Pacific Plate. A hot spot can melt rocks. Magma deep inside the earth flowed to the crust to form volcanoes. The volcanoes that rose above the ocean formed the Hawaiian Islands.

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