Ring of Fire is a Horseshoe, Not a Ring

Ring of Fire spans 40,000 km.

Pacific Ocean is surrounded by the Ring of Fire.

The Ring of Fire has between 750 and 915 volcanoes.

Volcanic islands and oceanic features form the Ring of Fire.

Layered volcanic tephra found on Antarctic island coastline.

Volcanic island arcs form parallel to oceanic trenches.

Volcanoes in the Ring are mostly stratovolcanoes like Mount St. Helens.

Magma erupts underwater at West Mata submarine volcano.

The Ring of Fire is horseshoe-shaped, not a full ring.

Snow-covered mountain peaks with forest foreground shown.

The Ring of Fire is about 40,000 kilometers long.