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Where Are Volcanoes Located In The World?

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    Usually located near fault boundaries.  Convergent subduction zones that is where most of our land volcanoes are located (and the most dangerous).

    Divergent plate boundary is where fissure, sea-mount, and shield volcanoes occur.  There are some cases where there are hot-spots on Earth where volcanoes are randomly located, eg. Hawaii.  We believe it is a sort of heat flux from the Earth's core.
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    Radgeotech 

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