| Most volcanoes are located around the pacific ocean: The west coast of the americas the east coast of the siderias, japah, the phillipeasns, and the indonesia. Thils is called the Ring of Fire. The recent errupted volcanoes in Iceland , the Kenya Rift Valleyin eastern africa, hawii. researchers have also found that most of the volcanoes occur here, the edges of large plates that comprise the solid surface of the earth. Looking even more closely, we also notice that the dangerous explosive volcanoes, such as Mount St. Helens and Mount Pinatubo, that make the evening news are located where plates are crunching together. The quieter, "effusive" volcanoes, like Iceland and Hawaii, are found mostly where plates are coming apart or in the middle of a plate. |