>The hotspot stays in the same spot, but the earths crust moves over it changing it's position over time. I'm guessing this is why the Hawaiian islands look th

>The hotspot stays in the same spot, but the earths crust moves over it changing it's position over time. I'm guessing this is why the Hawaiian islands look the way they do: a hotspot was underneath and formed volcanoes over time, which turned into the islands we now have, as the crust moved northwest.