The Ring of Fire, named for its association with the belt of numerous volcanoes found throughout its length, also coincides with chains of island arcs and arc-shaped geomorphic features, such as Tonga, the Indonesian archipelago, the Philippines, Japan and the Kuril Islands, the Rocky Mountains and coastal mountain ranges of western North America, and the Andes Mountains.
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