Mariana Island Arc

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island arc tectonic feature volcanic arc

The Mariana Island Arc is a curved chain of volcanic islands in the western Pacific Ocean formed by the subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the Philippine Sea Plate.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Mariana Arc 9
Mariana Islands 4
Mariana island arc 3

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island arc ⓘ
tectonic feature ⓘ
volcanic arc ⓘ
adjacentTo Mariana Trench ⓘ
associatedWith Mariana subduction zone ⓘ
surface form: Benioff zone beneath the Mariana Trench

deep-focus earthquakes ⓘ
contains Agrihan ⓘ
Alamagan ⓘ
Anatahan ⓘ
Asuncion Island ⓘ
Farallon de Pajaros ⓘ
Guam ⓘ
Guguan ⓘ
Mariana Islands ⓘ
Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ
Pagan ⓘ
Rota ⓘ
Saipan ⓘ
Sarigan ⓘ
Tinian ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
formedBy subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the Philippine Sea Plate ⓘ
geologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
governingTerritory Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Guam ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity fisheries ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasFeature active volcanoes ⓘ
dormant volcanoes ⓘ
extinct volcanoes ⓘ
stratovolcanoes ⓘ
submarine volcanoes ⓘ
highestPoint Agrihan volcano ⓘ
locatedIn Pacific Ocean ⓘ
western Pacific Ocean ⓘ
marginType ocean-ocean convergent margin ⓘ
orientation north-south trending curve ⓘ
overlies Philippine Sea Plate ⓘ
overridingPlate Philippine Sea Plate ⓘ
parallelTo Mariana Trench ⓘ
partOf Mariana subduction zone ⓘ
surface form: Mariana subduction system

Ring of Fire ⓘ
rockType basaltic-andesitic volcanic rocks ⓘ
separates Philippine Sea from the Pacific Ocean ⓘ
studiedBy marine geologists ⓘ
volcanologists ⓘ
subductingPlate Pacific Plate ⓘ
tectonicSetting convergent plate boundary ⓘ
volcanicActivity frequent small to moderate eruptions ⓘ
volcanismType subduction-related volcanism ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mariana Trench → adjacentIslandArc → Mariana Island Arc ⓘ
Philippine Sea → locatedWestOf → Mariana Island Arc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mariana Islands
Magellan–Elcano expedition → visitedRegion → Mariana Island Arc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mariana Islands
Mariana volcanic arc → hasPart → Mariana Island Arc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mariana Islands
Micronesia → hasPart → Mariana Island Arc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mariana Islands
Mariana subduction zone → produces → Mariana Island Arc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mariana island arc
Sarigan → volcanicArc → Mariana Island Arc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mariana Arc
Agrihan volcano → mountainRange → Mariana Island Arc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mariana Islands volcanic chain
Agrihan volcano → volcanicArc → Mariana Island Arc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mariana Arc
Alamagan → volcanicArc → Mariana Island Arc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mariana Arc
Asuncion Island → volcanicArc → Mariana Island Arc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mariana Arc
North Pagan Volcano → mountainRange → Mariana Island Arc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mariana Arc
Mariana Trough → associatedWith → Mariana Island Arc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mariana Arc
Mariana Trough → parallelTo → Mariana Island Arc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mariana island arc
Mount Pagan → partOf → Mariana Island Arc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mariana Arc
South Pagan Volcano → volcanicArc → Mariana Island Arc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mariana Arc
Mariana Plate → hasFeature → Mariana Island Arc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mariana island arc
Uracas → geologicalSetting → Mariana Island Arc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mariana Arc
Faro de Pájaros → partOf → Mariana Island Arc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mariana Archipelago