Why do so many volcanoes seem to occur on coastlines of the pacific ocean?

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Shane Arney · Answer 1 · 2022-09-25T23:44:29+0000

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The Ring of Fire is a ring of volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean that result from subduction of oceanic plates beneath lighter continental plates. ... Most of the Earth's volcanoes are located around the Pacific Ring of Fire because that the location of most of the Earth's subduction zones.

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Why do so many volcanoes seem to occur on coastlines of the pacific ocean?

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