Pacific Ring of Fire

The Ring of Fire is a zone of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions that encircles the basin of the Pacific Ocean. It is associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches and volcanic mountain ranges.

A number of land and sea features are in the Ring of Fire: (here listed clockwise)

• New Zealand
• Kermadec Trench[?]
• Tonga Trench[?]
• Bougainville Trench[?]
• Java Trench[?]
• Indonesia
• Philippines
• Philippine Trench[?]
• Marianas Trench
• Izu Bonin Trench[?]
• Ryukyu Trench[?]
• Japan
• Japan Trench[?]
• Kurile Trench[?]
• Kamchatka
• Aleutian Islands
• Aleutian Trench[?]
• Alaska
• Cascade Range
• California
• Mexico
• Middle America Trench[?]
• Guatemala
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Peru
• Peru-Chile Trench[?]

External Link

• Map of the Ring of Fire (http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/fire.html)