Which island is older - Kauai or Maui? Why?

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Douglas K.
Nov 4, 2016

Kauai is older. Please see the explanation.

Explanation:

You can answer that question yourself with the information that the Pacific Tectonic Plate is slowly moving to the North-West and the hotspot that creates the volcanos under the Hawaiian Islands is stationary. This is why the younger Hawaiian Islands are to the South-East of the older Hawaiian Islands. This is why one knows that Maui is much younger than Kauai.

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