The Pacific Ring of Fire contains a chain of volcanoes roughly 25,000 miles long, formed where the Pacific tectonic plate slides against or collides with surrounding plates.
Sources
- The Pacific Ocean—facts and information (nationalgeographic.com)
- https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/ocean-fact/rof/ (oceanexplorer.noaa.gov)
- https://www.foxweather.com/learn/understanding-pacific-ring-fire-where-earthquakes-volcanoes-meet (foxweather.com)