Tectonic activity that thrust mountains up from the ocean. floor because volcanoes come from the center of the earth and when the tectonic plates move it causes some of the lava from the inside of the earth to emerge and come to the surface where the ocean is and forms into an island (s).
It depends on the latitude where you measure it.
It's about 69 miles on the equator, and it shrinks to zero at the poles.
In general, at any latitude,
Distance covered by 1 degree of longitude =
<em> (69 miles) x [ cosine(latitude where it's measured) ]</em>
Explanation:
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