Tsar Icicle

The Tsar Icicle recently collapsed killing four tourists in Russia.

What is Tsar Icicle?

The Vilyuchinsky waterfall in winter is called Tsar Icicle. The Vilyuchinsky waterfall lies in Kamchatka peninsula. It is home to more than one hundred and sixty volcanoes. Of these twenty-nine are still active. Many of these volcanoes are capped with glaciers. As these glaciers melt during warm weather, they form waterfalls. One such waterfall is the Vilyuchinsky waterfalls.

What is an Icicle?

Icicle is a spike of ice formed when water falling from an object freezes.

About Vilyuchinsk town

The Vilyuchinsk town is a closed town under Krai jurisdiction. The town served as a base for submarine construction.

Is Vilyuchinsk Waterfall located in Ring of Fire region?

Yes.

Why is it called the Ring of Fire?

Because it forms a track around the rim of the pacific ocean. More than 75% of the earth’s volcano is located in ring of fire.

What are the main features of ring of fire?

It has oceanic trenches, plate movements and volcanic arcs. More than 80% of the world largest earthquakes occur along the circum-pacific belt.

What is the Ring of Fire found in Planet Venus?

While the ring of fire of the earth is formed by plate tectonics, the ring of fire of Venus is formed by volcanism. In other words, the ring of fire in Venus is created by the same phenomenon that produced Hawaiian islands.

The Magnellan spacecraft of NASA captured images of Venus that had unusual circular structures called coronae. According to the scientists, the coronae were produced by the mantle plumes of Venus. Group of these coronae have formed the ring of fire in Venus.

How were the coronae formed in planet venus?

The hot molten rocks were carried upwards by convection current that formed a mushroom like shape at the top. As the molten rocks melted the crust, the head of the plume expanded to form the circular structure called coronae.

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021