ring of fire
The Ring of Fire
a belt of volcanoes is called an island arc, they are formed from Hotspots/Mantle Plumes
CircumPacific Belt
The Ring of Fire
The Ring of Fire
The Ring of Fire
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The 'Ring of Fire' is actually the edge of the Pacific Plate. It is called the 'Ring of Fire' because it is a ring lined with lots and lots of volcanoes. If what you mean by belt is a mostly straight line, then no, it is a deformed and distorted ring, with many volcanoes out of line, but shaped like a strange circle. The 'Ring of Fire' is not a belt of fire at all. The fire is supposed to be lava! The fire comes from the volcanoes... as you may know! In shorter words, it is a circle of volcanoes that line the Pacific Plate.
iceland is a belt of volcanoes/hotspots along the mid ocean ridge, it isn't just mostly volcanoes, it is a volcano itself
Volcanoes in the Pacific ocean
Because Japan lies in the Ring of Fire, a belt of volcanoes that ring the Pacific Ocean.
The largest active belt is the one that nearly surrounds the Pacific Ocean