Ryukyu island arc

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island arc tectonic feature volcanic arc

The Ryukyu island arc is a chain of volcanic islands stretching from southern Japan toward Taiwan, formed by the subduction of the Philippine Sea Plate beneath the Eurasian Plate.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Ryukyu volcanic arc 2
Ryukyu Island arc 1
Ryukyu arc system 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island arc ⓘ
tectonic feature ⓘ
volcanic arc ⓘ
continentalMargin Eurasian Plate margin ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
extendsFrom southern Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
extendsToward Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedBy subduction ⓘ
hasBackArcBasin Okinawa Trough NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasClimate subtropical ⓘ
tropical ⓘ
hasGeodynamicProcess back-arc spreading ⓘ
hasGeologicalAge Cenozoic NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHazard tsunami risk ⓘ
hasSegment Central Ryukyu Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Ryukyu Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern Ryukyu Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSeismicity frequent earthquakes ⓘ
hasStructure Ryukyu Trench NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTectonicBoundaryType convergent plate boundary ⓘ
hasVolcanismType arc volcanism ⓘ
subduction-related volcanism ⓘ
hasVolcano Akusekijima NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iōjima (Kagoshima) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iōtorishima NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kikai Caldera NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kuchinoerabujima NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kuchinoshima NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nakanoshima NERFINISHED ⓘ
Suwanosejima NERFINISHED ⓘ
highestPoint Mount Omoto NERFINISHED ⓘ
highestPointLocation Ishigaki Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
includes Amami Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Daito Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Miyako Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Okinawa Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sakishima Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yaeyama Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor biodiversity ⓘ
coral reefs ⓘ
locatedIn East China Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
oceanicPlateSubducted Philippine Sea Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
overridingPlate Eurasian Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
parallelTo Ryukyu Trench NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ
separates East China Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Philippine Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
subductingPlate Philippine Sea Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Showa crater → arc → Ryukyu island arc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ryukyu volcanic arc
Ryukyu back-arc basin → associatedWith → Ryukyu island arc ⓘ
Ryukyu subduction zone → associatedWith → Ryukyu island arc ⓘ
Okinawa Trough → parallelTo → Ryukyu island arc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ryukyu Island arc
Okinawa Trough → partOf → Ryukyu island arc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ryukyu arc system
Minamidake crater → partOfVolcanicArc → Ryukyu island arc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ryukyu volcanic arc