With which of the following oceans would you associate the ‘Ring of Fire’?

The correct answer is Pacific.

Key Points

• Many volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur in the Ring of Fire, which runs along much of the Pacific Ocean's rim.
• The Ring of Fire is a 40,000 km long and up to 500 km broad horseshoe-shaped ring.
• The Pacific coasts of South America, North America, and Kamchatka, as well as certain islands in the western Pacific Ocean, make up the Ring of Fire.
• Although geologists agree on almost all of the locations that make up the Ring of Fire, the dispute on the inclusion or exclusion of a few areas, such as the Antarctic Peninsula and western Indonesia.
• Plate tectonics, specifically the movement, collision, and destruction of lithospheric plates beneath and around the Pacific Ocean, has created the Ring of Fire.
• There is no single geological feature that makes up the Ring of Fire. Each segment of the Ring of Fire experiences volcanic eruptions and earthquakes independently of eruptions and earthquakes in other parts of the Ring.

Important Points

• The Pacific Ocean is the world's largest and deepest oceanic division.
• It stretches from the Arctic Ocean to the Southern Ocean in the south and is bordered on the west by Asia and Australia, and on the east by the Americas.
• With a surface area of 70,560,000 km², the Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's five oceanic divisions. Asia to the north, Africa to the west, and Australia to the east define its borders.
• The Atlantic Ocean is the world's second-largest ocean, covering approximately 106,460,000 km².
• Of the world's five major oceans, the Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest. It is the coldest of all the seas, covering an area of approximately 14,060,000 km².