Volcanoes can form far from plate boundaries over hotspots.

Here's why:

* Hotspots: Hotspots are plumes of unusually hot mantle material that rise from deep within the Earth. This hot material melts the overlying crust, creating magma that eventually erupts to the surface.

* Location: Hotspots are stationary features, while tectonic plates move over them. As a plate moves over a hotspot, the magma plume creates a chain of volcanoes.

* Examples: The Hawaiian Islands are a classic example of a hotspot volcano chain. As the Pacific Plate moves over the Hawaiian hotspot, a series of volcanoes has formed, with the oldest islands in the northwest and the youngest (and currently active) volcano, Mauna Loa, in the southeast.

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