Hellenic Arc

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tectonic arc volcanic arc

The Hellenic Arc is a prominent tectonic and volcanic arc in the eastern Mediterranean where the African Plate subducts beneath the Eurasian Plate, forming deep-sea trenches and active seismic zones south of Greece.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Hellenic Arc canonical 6
Aegean volcanic arc 3
Hellenic volcanic arc 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf tectonic arc ⓘ
volcanic arc ⓘ
adjacentTo Aegean Sea ⓘ
Ionian Sea ⓘ
Libyan Sea ⓘ
associatedWith Hellenic Arc self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Aegean volcanic arc

Hellenic subduction zone ⓘ
countryBorder Egypt ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
extendsFrom Ionian Sea ⓘ
extendsTo area south of Rhodes ⓘ
formedBy subduction of African Plate beneath Eurasian Plate ⓘ
geologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
hasFeature active seismic zone ⓘ
back-arc basin ⓘ
deep-sea trench ⓘ
volcanic islands ⓘ
hasMaximumDepth over 5000 m in trench areas ⓘ
hasPart Hellenic Arc self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cretan Arc

Hellenic Trench ⓘ
Peloponnese segment ⓘ
Rhodes segment ⓘ
hasProcess arc volcanism ⓘ
crustal deformation ⓘ
seismicity ⓘ
subduction ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
surface form: eastern Mediterranean Sea
locatedSouthOf Greece ⓘ
nearbyVolcanicCenter Methana ⓘ
Milos ⓘ
Nisyros ⓘ
Santorini ⓘ
orientation roughly arcuate from Ionian Sea to eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
partOf Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
plateInvolved Aegean Sea Plate ⓘ
surface form: Aegean microplate

African Plate ⓘ
Eurasian Plate ⓘ
relatedHazard large earthquakes ⓘ
submarine landslides ⓘ
tsunamis ⓘ
researchField marine geology ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ
seismology ⓘ
seismicActivity high ⓘ
tectonicSetting convergent plate boundary ⓘ
volcanicActivity active to dormant ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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

Calypso Deep → featureOf → Hellenic Arc ⓘ
Hellenic Trench → partOf → Hellenic Arc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hellenic Arc system
Hellenic Trench → underlies → Hellenic Arc ⓘ
Hellenic Trench → associatedWith → Hellenic Arc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hellenic volcanic arc
Mediterranean Ridge region → relatedTo → Hellenic Arc ⓘ
Hellenic subduction system → locatedIn → Hellenic Arc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hellenic Arc region
Hellenic subduction system → associatedWith → Hellenic Arc ⓘ
Hellenic subduction system → associatedWith → Hellenic Arc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aegean volcanic arc
Aegean Sea Plate → associatedWith → Hellenic Arc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aegean volcanic arc
Aegean Sea Plate → associatedWith → Hellenic Arc ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Aegean volcanic arc
Aegean Sea Plate → associatedWith → Hellenic Arc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hellenic volcanic arc
Hellenic Arc → hasPart → Hellenic Arc self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cretan Arc
Hellenic Arc → associatedWith → Hellenic Arc self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aegean volcanic arc
Strait of Kythira → locatedIn → Hellenic Arc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hellenic Arc region
Nisyros → partOf → Hellenic Arc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hellenic volcanic arc
Hellenides → associatedWith → Hellenic Arc ⓘ
Thera → partOf → Hellenic Arc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hellenic Volcanic Arc
Sea of Thessaly (Aegean Sea coast) → geologicalSetting → Hellenic Arc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hellenic arc and Aegean region
Ionian Basin → boundedBy → Hellenic Arc ⓘ
Myrtoan Sea → belongsTo → Hellenic Arc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hellenic arc region