How Do Volcanoes Form at Hot Spots?

How Do Volcanoes Form At Hot Spots?

A hot spot is a region deep within the Earth’s mantle from which heat rises through the process of convection. This heat facilitates the melting of rock. The melted rock, known as magma, often pushes through cracks in the crust to form volcanoes.Dec 17, 2014

Are volcanoes likely to form at hot spots?

Volcanic Hot-Spots

Volcanic hot spot makes an area likely to form volcanoes. For unclear reasons, some areas of the mantle referred to as plumes, become far hotter than the rest of the mantle.