Question
The Ring of Fire is a very seismically active region of Earth. For 10 points each:
[10m] In 1883, volcanic activity added Fire Island to this island chain, the northern reach of the Ring of Fire. A 1946 earthquake near this island chain caused damage to its Unimak Island.
ANSWER: Aleutian Islands [accepts the Aleutians, Aleut Islands, Aleutic Islands; prompt on Catherine Archipelago]
[10h] This volcano in the Ring of Fire underwent the deadliest eruption in history. That eruption led to the 1816 “year without a summer” after this volcano released enough debris to lower temperatures by 1℉.
ANSWER: Mount Tambora [or Mount Tomboro]
[10e] Mount Tambora lies on the island of Sumbawa in this country. The eruption of Krakatoa also occurred in this country in an archipelago between its islands of Sumatra and Java.
ANSWER: Republic of Indonesia
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Summary
| 2023 ILLIAC (Cornell) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
Data
| Columbia Ly-α | RIT | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Cornell Fire | Rochester A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Cornell Wind | Cornell Earth | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Rochester C | Rochester B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |