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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[?]
- Map of the Ring of Fire (http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/fire)
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