the desire for coaling stations along key trade routes.
the desire for coaling stations along key trade routes.
International Date Line; however, it does zig-zag around some political boundaries.
Washington
pacific plate
The countryies
At or near the boundaries of tectonic plates.along the Pacific Rim, which includes most of the countries that has the Pacific Ocean as a coast line.Plate boundaries (constructive,destructive,conservative,collision)Along earthquake faultsunderwater
the Philippines and the Pacific plates border Japan
North American, Pacific and Cocos plates.
In the "Ring of Fire" on the Pacific Rim (a.k.a. Pacific Ocean)
To the Pacific Ocean.
Political, Cordillera, and Pacific.
The Pacific Ring of Fire is a tectonic boundary known as a "subduction zone." This boundary is formed where one tectonic plate is forced beneath another, leading to volcanic activity and earthquakes around the Pacific Ocean.