The Indian ocean has one of the largest volcanic plateaus in the world-the Kerguelean plateau. Option C- Indian ocean is the third largest ocean in the world and is surrounded by Asia to the North, Africa to the west, Australia to the East and Antarctica in the south. It is the longest mountain range in the world. The Ocean has the Mid Atlantic ridge which separates the North American plate from the Eurasian and the African plate.
It has a S shaped basin with Europe and Africa on one side and North and South America on the other. Option B- Atlantic ocean is the second largest ocean in the world. 75 percent of the world’s volcanoes occur within the Ring of Fire. It is marked by volcanoes and earthquakes as most areas covered by the belt have convergent boundaries forming subduction zones. Option A- Pacific ocean is the correct answer as the Ring of Fire is also called the Circum Pacific belt. It is a horseshoe shaped belt that follows the chains of island arcs such as Tonga and New Hebrides, the Indonesian archipelago, the Philippines, Japan, the Kuril Islands, and the Aleutians, as well as other arc-shaped geomorphic features, such as the western coast of North America and the Andes Mountains.Ĭomplete answer: The Ring of fire is 40,000km in length and surrounds the boundaries of several tectonic plates including the Pacific, Juan de Fuca,Cocos,Indian-Australian, Nazca, North American, and Philippine Plates. Hint: Ring of Fire is a seismically active belt of earthquake epicentres, volcanoes and tectonic boundaries.
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