Assertion: hot spot | /r/HasProperty | fixed in place
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text: The hot spot itself is fixed in place, but the plate where the volcanoes were built is moving constantly, tearing the volcanoes away from the active hot spot and carrying them northwest of the Pacific Ocean.
text: Also, while scientists general agree that hot spots are fixed in position relative to the faster moving overriding plates, some recent studies have shown that hot spots can migrate slowly over geologic time.