Home›Articles›The Hawaiian Hotspot Is Still Building an IslandArticlesThe Hawaiian Hotspot Is Still Building an IslandArticlesCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextEarth and Environment Atlas. "The Hawaiian Hotspot Is Still Building an Island." Accessed September 9, 2026. https://earth.interactiveatlas.org/articles/hawaiian-hotspot-still-building-an-island.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextEarth and Environment Atlas. (n.d.). The Hawaiian Hotspot Is Still Building an Island. Retrieved September 9, 2026, from https://earth.interactiveatlas.org/articles/hawaiian-hotspot-still-building-an-islandCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{earthandenvironmentatlas-the-hawaiian-hotspot-is-still-building-a, author = {Earth and Environment Atlas}, title = {The Hawaiian Hotspot Is Still Building an Island}, year = {2026}, url = {https://earth.interactiveatlas.org/articles/hawaiian-hotspot-still-building-an-island}, note = {Accessed September 9, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationDevelopingCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Cross-Tradition ConnectionsArticle OnHawaiian Islands, Geological Formations Well-attested SourcesHawaiian Islands (Wikipedia)Geology sectionQuote, Geology sectionThis chain of islands, or archipelago, developed as the Pacific Plate slowly moved northwestward over a hotspot in the Earth's mantle at a rate of approximately 32 miles (51 km) per million years.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.