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Where is the Pacific Ring of Fire located?
The Pacific Ring of Fire is located around the Pacific Ocean. It starts at the subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American Plate, on the southwestern coast of Chile. It continues northwards along the western coast of South America to Central America, where the Cocos Plate is being subducted beneath the Caribbean Plate. It continues up the western coast of North America where the Pacific Plate and the Juan de Fuca Plate is being subducted beneath the North American Plate. Following the western coast of North America northwards, it swings westwards along the southern coast of Alaska (Aleutian Islands arc) and across the Bering Strait towards the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. It continues southwards along the eastern coast of Asia, where the Pacific Plate and the Philippines Plate is being subducted beneath the Eurasian Plate. Still southwards at Indonesia, the Indo-Australian Plate is being subducted beneath the Eurasian Plate. Lastly, swinging eastwards into the Pacific Ocean and then southwards, along the subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the Indo-Australian Plate, it finally ends in New Zealand.
Describe the relative motion between the north American plate and the pacific plate?
The Pacific Plate is currently being subducted under the North American Plate. Subduction zones are when one plate is being forced under another at a convergent boundary (where two plates collide). When the Pacific Plate is being subducted under the North American Plate, the crust of the Pacific Plate melts, and creates volcanoes along the edge of the North American Plate. So, the relative motion of the two plates is that they are converging, or moving together.This same process is happening at the South American and Nazca Plates.
What kind of plate boundary is the klyuchevskaya sopka's on?
Klyuchevskaya Sopka is on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia and is located near the boundary of the North American Plate and the Pacific Plate. This boundary is a convergent boundary, specifically a subduction zone where the Pacific Plate is being subducted beneath the North American Plate.
Is pacific ring of fire both a major earthquake zone and a volcano zone?
Yes, it is. It is, essentially, the border of Pacific plate (and smaller bordering ocean plates, such as the Juan de Fuca off the coasts of northern California, Oregon, Washington and southern British Columbia and the Nazca off the coast of South America) and bordering continental plates (The Eurasian plate, the North American plate, the South American plate, the Australian Plate and smaller plates such as the Phillipine plate).
What mid Atlantic country is being split apart by plate moving?
Iceland is the mid-Atlantic country being split apart by the movement of the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates. The country's unique geological setting along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge results in active volcanic and geothermal activity, as well as gradual separation of the two tectonic plates.
Describe what an American is?
An American is a human being born in America.
What is an American what you think being American means?
it means you were either born in America or came to America legally and became an american
Which us state is not in north america?
Hawaii is the only US state that is not in North America, being a string of islands in the Pacific.
Where is the Pacific Ring of Fire located?
The Pacific Ring of Fire is located around the Pacific Ocean. It starts at the subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American Plate, on the southwestern coast of Chile. It continues northwards along the western coast of South America to Central America, where the Cocos Plate is being subducted beneath the Caribbean Plate. It continues up the western coast of North America where the Pacific Plate and the Juan de Fuca Plate is being subducted beneath the North American Plate. Following the western coast of North America northwards, it swings westwards along the southern coast of Alaska (Aleutian Islands arc) and across the Bering Strait towards the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. It continues southwards along the eastern coast of Asia, where the Pacific Plate and the Philippines Plate is being subducted beneath the Eurasian Plate. Still southwards at Indonesia, the Indo-Australian Plate is being subducted beneath the Eurasian Plate. Lastly, swinging eastwards into the Pacific Ocean and then southwards, along the subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the Indo-Australian Plate, it finally ends in New Zealand.
What is a proper adjective for south America?
South America is a proper noun due to it being the name of a place.
Any tectonic hazard in Latin America?
Of course. All countries west of Latin America (facing the Pacific Ocean) border the Nazca, Cocos or Pacific Plates, being constantly subjected to active volcanoes and earthquake hazards.
Describe the relative motion between the north American plate and the pacific plate?
The Pacific Plate is currently being subducted under the North American Plate. Subduction zones are when one plate is being forced under another at a convergent boundary (where two plates collide). When the Pacific Plate is being subducted under the North American Plate, the crust of the Pacific Plate melts, and creates volcanoes along the edge of the North American Plate. So, the relative motion of the two plates is that they are converging, or moving together.This same process is happening at the South American and Nazca Plates.
Why was Britain fighting America in the American revolution?
because they were being haters
What man found that the pacific lay the other side of America?
Explorer Ferdinand Maggellan in 1521 was the first European to discover and sail the Pacific. The Pacific was however already suspected of being there and shown on a map (the Waldseemüller map) from 1507.
Where is pacific ocean found in the world?
The Pacific Ocean is located between the continents of America and Afro-Eurasia, being on the side opposite the Prime Meridian. However, seriously just look at a map.
California earthquakes occur because the pacific plate is being subducted under what continental tectonic plate?
North American
Why was the Battle of Midway a critical victory for the allies?
The Battle of Midway was a critical victory for the Allies because it stopped Japanese expansion into the Pacific, and thus slowed it towards America. After invading Manchuria and China in 1932 and 1937 respectively, Japan moved on to many other islands in the Pacific, eventually attacking Pearl Harbor and bringing America into the war on Dec. 7th, 1941. Once America was in the war, two fronts were launched: the European front against the Nazi-Fascist Europe, and the Pacific front. The Pacific was being overrun and invaded by Japanese forces, and unless the Allies stopped Japan before they reached American owned soil, America would be invaded for the first time since the Revolutionary War.
