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How many volcanoes are in hawaii?

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Active volcanoes have erupted in historical time (the last 200 years in Hawai`i). Kohala, the oldest volcano on this island, last erupted about 60,000 years ago and is considered extinct. Mauna Kea last erupted 3,600 years ago and is dormant. read more

The seventeen volcanoes that make up the ten principal islands of Hawaii are the youngest in a chain of more than 129 volcanoes that stretch 5,800 kilometres (3,600 mi) across the North Pacific Ocean, called the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain. read more

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