Hawaii hotspot created at least 129 volcanoes, more than 123 of which are extinct volcanoes, seamounts, and atolls, four of which are active volcanoes, and two of which are dormant volcanoes. They can be organized into three general categories: the Hawaiian archipelago, which comprises most of the U.S. state of Hawaii and is the location of all modern volcanic activity; the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, which consist of coral atolls, extinct islands, and atoll islands; and the Emperor Seamounts, all of which have since eroded and subsided to the sea and become seamounts and guyots (flat-topped seamounts). Hawaiian volcanoes are characterized by frequent
Dragon Dormant Dragon Dormant Dragon Dormant, also known as The Hibernating Dragon (), is a short story by Chinese author Pu Songling collected in "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" ("Liaozhai"; 1740). The story is about a character named "Commissioner Qu" and his encounter with a supernatural creature in his study. Wuling County commissioner Qu is in his study reading when suddenly he spots a "little creature, bright as a glow-worm" on his desk. It slowly makes its way to one of Qu's books, after which he ascertains the creature must be a dragon. He attempts to rid the dragon, to no