volcanoes and earthquakes. It is about 40,000 km (25,000 mi) long and up to about 500 km (310 mi) wide, and surrounds most ofthePacificOcean. The Ring...
ThePacific islands are a group of islands inthePacificOcean. They are further categorized into three major island groups: Melanesia, Micronesia, and...
The Cascade Volcanoes (also known as the Cascade Volcanic Arc or the Cascade Arc) are a number ofvolcanoesin a volcanic arc in western North America...
coordinates) This is a listof active and extinct volcanoesin Russia. Volcanoesofthe Kamchatka Peninsula ofthe northwestern PacificOcean and the Russian Far...
a listof active and extinct volcanoesin Japan. An Orange background indicates a volcano considered active by the Japan Meteorological Agency. The Ogasawara...
and Pacific Ring of Fire. The 150 entries inthelist below are grouped into six geographical regions, four of which belong to thevolcanoesofthe Sunda...
Submarine volcanoes are underwater vents or fissures inthe Earth's surface from which magma can erupt. Many submarine volcanoes are located near areas of tectonic...
kilometers (3,600 mi) across the North PacificOcean, called the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain. Hawaiʻi's volcanoes rise an average of 4,600 meters (15,000 ft)...
The Hawaiʻi hotspot is a volcanic hotspot located near the namesake Hawaiian Islands, inthe northern PacificOcean. One ofthe best known and intensively...
adopted criteria. The principal divisions (in descending order of area) ofthe five oceans are thePacificOcean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern (Antarctic)...
one of five volcanoes that form the Island of Hawaii inthe U.S. state of Hawaii inthePacificOcean. Mauna Loa is Earth's largest active volcano by both...
summits inthePacific Islands, not including those of New Guinea, New Zealand, and the Hawaiian Islands which are listed separately. The Commonwealth of Australia...
is a listof active and extinct volcanoes. Siebert L, Simkin T (2002–present). Volcanoesofthe World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and...
The Eastern Gemini Seamount, also known as Oscostar, is a seamount inthe southwestern PacificOcean, about halfway between Vanuatu's Tanna and Matthew...
geological processes may cause the formation of mud volcanoes. Mud volcanoes are not true igneous volcanoes as they do not produce lava and are not necessarily...
level. It is at the southern end ofthe Luzon Volcanic Arc, and like all thevolcanoesinthe Philippines, is part ofthePacific ring of fire. There have...