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Pacific Ring of Fire

region at edges of Pacific Ocean known for tectonic activity
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Pacific Ring of Fire
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Summary

Pacific Ring of Fire is an island arc[1]. It draws 17,195 Wikipedia views per month (island arc category, ranking #1 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Chile[3], Argentina[4], Bolivia[5], Peru[6], Ecuador[7], Colombia[8], Panama[9], Costa Rica[10], Nicaragua[11], Honduras[12], El Salvador[13], Guatemala[14], Mexico[15], United States[16]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Pacific Ocean[17]
  • Instance of: volcanic arc[18]
  • Location: Pacific Ocean[19]
  • Subclass of: volcanic belt[20]
  • Commons category: Maps of the Pacific Ring of Fire[21]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Maps of the Pacific Ring of Fire[22]
  • Commons gallery: 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake[23]
  • Has characteristic: earthquake[24], volcanic eruption[25]
  • Different from: Pacific Rim[26]

Why It Matters

Pacific Ring of Fire has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 106 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Related Entities

Argentina Bolivia Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Indonesia Japan Mexico New Zealand Nicaragua North Korea Panama Papua New Guinea Peru Philippines Russia Russian Empire Solomon Islands South Korea Taiwan Tonga United States Vanuatu

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Mirishkorlik · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Located in or next to body of water → Pacific Ocean
    Has characteristic → earthquake, volcanic eruption
    Country → —
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