Ring of Fire

E6943

seismic zone tectonic region volcanic belt

The Ring of Fire is a vast horseshoe-shaped zone of frequent earthquakes and intense volcanic activity encircling much of the Pacific Ocean basin.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Ring of Fire canonical	30
Ring of Fire and Ring of Life	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	seismic zone ⓘ tectonic region ⓘ volcanic belt ⓘ
associatedWith	Antarctic Plate ⓘ Cocos Plate ⓘ Eurasian Plate ⓘ Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ Nazca Plate ⓘ North American Plate ⓘ Pacific Plate ⓘ Philippine Sea Plate ⓘ
contains	Aleutian Arc ⓘ Aleutian Trench ⓘ surface form: Aleutian Trench region Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes ⓘ surface form: Andes volcanic belt Cascade Range ⓘ Indonesian island arcs ⓘ Japan Trench ⓘ surface form: Japan Trench region Japanese archipelago ⓘ surface form: Japanese Archipelago Kamchatka volcanic arc ⓘ Tonga Trench ⓘ surface form: Kermadec Trench region Mariana volcanic arc ⓘ surface form: Mariana Arc Mariana Trench ⓘ surface form: Mariana Trench region New Zealand volcanic zones ⓘ Peru–Chile Trench region ⓘ Philippine Mobile Belt ⓘ Tonga Trench region ⓘ Tonga–Kermadec Arc ⓘ majority of Earth’s active volcanoes ⓘ majority of Earth’s subduction-related earthquakes ⓘ
encircles	Pacific Ocean ⓘ
extendsAlong	coasts of Antarctica ⓘ coasts of New Zealand ⓘ eastern coasts of Asia ⓘ island arcs of the western Pacific ⓘ western coasts of North America ⓘ western coasts of South America ⓘ
geologicalProcess	arc volcanism ⓘ magma generation ⓘ megathrust earthquakes ⓘ melting of subducted slabs ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	frequent earthquakes ⓘ intense volcanic activity ⓘ
hasPart	oceanic trenches ⓘ subduction zones ⓘ volcanic arcs ⓘ volcanic belts ⓘ
knownFor	high seismicity ⓘ high volcanic density ⓘ
locatedIn	Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: Pacific Ocean basin
shape	horseshoe-shaped ⓘ
tectonicSetting	convergent plate boundaries ⓘ subduction of oceanic plates ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pacific Ocean → containsFeature → Ring of Fire ⓘ

Pico de Orizaba → isPartOf → Ring of Fire ⓘ

aquarium Kaiyukan → exhibitConcept → Ring of Fire ⓘ

subject surface form: Aquarium Kaiyukan

this entity surface form: Ring of Fire and Ring of Life

Pacific Plate → hasBoundaryFeature → Ring of Fire ⓘ

Pacific coast of North America → partOf → Ring of Fire ⓘ

Johnny Cash → notableWork → Ring of Fire ⓘ

Mariana Island Arc → partOf → Ring of Fire ⓘ

Cascadia Subduction Zone → associatedWith → Ring of Fire ⓘ

Japanese archipelago → partOf → Ring of Fire ⓘ

Mount Aso → partOf → Ring of Fire ⓘ

Mount Taranaki → isPartOf → Ring of Fire ⓘ

Precursors → targetRegion → Ring of Fire ⓘ

Mount Agung → locatedIn → Ring of Fire ⓘ

Jonggring Saloko → region → Ring of Fire ⓘ

Mount Welirang → partOf → Ring of Fire ⓘ

Mount Kelimutu → partOf → Ring of Fire ⓘ

Fuss Peak → partOf → Ring of Fire ⓘ

Narya → alsoKnownAs → Ring of Fire ⓘ

Mount Papandayan → partOf → Ring of Fire ⓘ

Mount Guntur → partOf → Ring of Fire ⓘ

Galunggung volcano → isPartOf → Ring of Fire ⓘ

subject surface form: Galunggung

Pacific Plate boundary system → hasMajorComponent → Ring of Fire ⓘ

Pacific Ocean coast → isPartOf → Ring of Fire ⓘ

Kishimadake → volcanicArcOrBelt → Ring of Fire ⓘ

Nekodake → volcanicArcOrBelt → Ring of Fire ⓘ

Uluigalau → isPartOf → Ring of Fire ⓘ

Unzen → partOf → Ring of Fire ⓘ

Tokachi Volcanic Group → partOf → Ring of Fire ⓘ

Mount Tokachi → isPartOf → Ring of Fire ⓘ

Mount Marapi → partOf → Ring of Fire ⓘ

Aira Caldera → partOf → Ring of Fire ⓘ