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Line 26: The archipelago sits on the [[Pacific Plate]]. The islands are exposed peaks of a great undersea mountain range known as the [[Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain]], formed by [[volcano\|volcanic activity]] over a [[Hotspot (geology)\|hotspot]] in the [[Earth's mantle]]. The islands are about {{convert\|1860\|mi\|km\|-2}} from the nearest continent and are part of the [[Polynesia]] subregion of [[Oceania]]. The [[U.S. state]] of [[Hawaii]] occupies the [[archipelago]] almost in its entirety (including the mostly uninhabited [[Northwestern Hawaiian Islands]]), with the sole exception of [[Midway Atoll]] (a [[United States Minor Outlying Island]]). Hawaii is the only U.S. state that is situated entirely on ~~and~~an archipelago, and the only state not geographically connected with [[North America]]. The Northwestern islands (sometimes called the Leeward Islands) and surrounding seas are protected as a [[Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument\|National Monument]] and [[World Heritage Site]]. ==Islands and reefs==

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