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... that the volcanic chain (pictured) responsible for creating the island of Hawaii extends all the way to the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench, at the border of Russia?
... that Nintoku Seamount, an underwater volcano in the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain, is over 56.2 million years old?
... that volcanoes in the Puyehue Volcano complex may have produced some of the most primitive magmas in the Andes?
... that Pilot Rock is one of the oldest volcanic formations in the Cascade Range?
... that one of a series of hotels called the Volcano House, built at the edge of Kīlauea volcano since 1846, burned to the ground from a kitchen fire?
... that the eruption of Amak Volcano in about 2550 BCE was confirmed by tephrochronology?
... that the Bobrof Volcano is an uninhabited island in the Andreanof Islands, part of Alaska's Aleutian archipelago?
... that the closest transportation to Davidof Volcano is 199 miles (320 km) away in Adak, Alaska?

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