The Pacific Rim, dubbed the Ring of Fire, is peppered with hundreds of such volcanoes. A small number are also found at hot spots away from plate boundaries.
प्रमुख भूपट्टांखेरीज इतर ठिकाणीही तुरळक प्रमाणात ज्वालामुखी विखुरलेले आढळतात.