Izu–Bonin Arc

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subduction zone arc volcanic island arc

The Izu–Bonin Arc is a volcanic island arc in the western Pacific Ocean formed by subduction along the boundary of the Philippine Sea Plate, stretching south from Japan’s Izu Peninsula toward the Mariana Islands.

Aliases (6)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	subduction zone arc → volcanic island arc →
adjacentTo	Izu–Bonin Trench →
administeredBy	Tokyo Metropolis →
country	Japan →
crustType	oceanic crust →
dominantMagmaComposition	andesitic → basaltic →
extendsFrom	Izu Peninsula →
extendsToward	Mariana Islands →
formedBy	subduction →
formsPartOf	Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc system →
geologicalAge	Cenozoic →
geologicalProcess	oceanic–oceanic subduction →
hasBathymetricFeature	island chain → submarine ridge →
hasFeature	deep-sea trench →
hasHazard	earthquakes → tsunamis → volcanic eruptions →
hasPart	Bonin Islands → Chichijima → Hahajima → Iwo Jima → Izu Islands → Ogasawara Islands → Volcano Islands →
hasResearchInterest	arc magmatism → plate tectonics → subduction initiation →
hasVolcanoType	stratovolcano → submarine volcano →
languageOfToponym	Japanese →
locatedIn	western Pacific Ocean →
locatedSouthOf	Honshu → Tokyo →
namedAfter	Bonin Islands NERFINISHED → Izu Islands →
ocean	Pacific Ocean →
orogenyType	island arc orogeny →
overridingPlate	Philippine Sea Plate →
partOf	Izu–Bonin–Mariana subduction system → Pacific Ring of Fire →
relatedTo	Mariana Arc →
separates	Pacific Plate → Philippine Sea Plate →
subductingPlate	Pacific Plate →
tectonicSetting	convergent plate boundary →
volcanismType	arc volcanism →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Anatahan ("Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc system") → Esmeralda Bank ("Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc system") → Forecast Seamount ("Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc system") → Izu–Bonin Arc ("Izu–Bonin–Mariana subduction system") → Kyushu–Palau Ridge system ("Izu–Bonin–Mariana arc system") → Mariana volcanic arc ("Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc system") →	partOf
Izu–Ogasawara Trench ("Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc system") → Izu–Ogasawara Trench ("Izu–Bonin volcanic arc") → Mariana subduction zone ("Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc") → Philippine Sea Plate ("Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc system") →	associatedWith
Philippine Basin ("Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc system") →	boundedBy
Izu–Bonin Arc ("Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc system") →	formsPartOf
Philippine Sea →	hasIslandArc
Mount Fuji ("Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc") →	hasVolcanicArc
Volcano Islands ("Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc") →	locatedOn
Izu–Ogasawara Trench ("Izu–Bonin–Mariana island arc") →	parallelTo
Northeastern Japan Arc ("Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc") →	relatedArc
Iwo Jima ("Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc") →	volcanicArc
Mount Suribachi ("Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc") →	volcanicArcOrBelt