Banda Arc
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The Banda Arc is a complex volcanic island arc and tectonic boundary in eastern Indonesia, formed by the collision and subduction of multiple tectonic plates around the Banda Sea.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Banda Arc canonical | 29 |
| Banda Arc system | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1834362 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Banda Arc Context triple: [Banda Sea, geologicalFeature, Banda Arc]
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A.
Banda Neira
Banda Neira is a small volcanic island in Indonesia’s Maluku province, historically significant as part of the Spice Islands and later used by the Dutch as a remote place of political exile.
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B.
Konis Santana
Konis Santana was a prominent East Timorese resistance leader who commanded the FALINTIL guerrilla forces in their struggle against Indonesian occupation.
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C.
Grupo de Río
Grupo de Río is a now-defunct regional political forum that brought together Latin American and Caribbean countries to coordinate diplomatic positions and promote political cooperation.
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D.
Sakonnet band
The Sakonnet band was a local group of the Wampanoag people who inhabited the Sakonnet region of what is now southeastern Rhode Island.
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E.
Chaka
"Chaka" is the 1978 debut solo album by American singer Chaka Khan, showcasing her blend of funk, soul, and R&B.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Banda Arc Target entity description: The Banda Arc is a complex volcanic island arc and tectonic boundary in eastern Indonesia, formed by the collision and subduction of multiple tectonic plates around the Banda Sea.
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A.
Banda Neira
Banda Neira is a small volcanic island in Indonesia’s Maluku province, historically significant as part of the Spice Islands and later used by the Dutch as a remote place of political exile.
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B.
Konis Santana
Konis Santana was a prominent East Timorese resistance leader who commanded the FALINTIL guerrilla forces in their struggle against Indonesian occupation.
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C.
Grupo de Río
Grupo de Río is a now-defunct regional political forum that brought together Latin American and Caribbean countries to coordinate diplomatic positions and promote political cooperation.
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D.
Sakonnet band
The Sakonnet band was a local group of the Wampanoag people who inhabited the Sakonnet region of what is now southeastern Rhode Island.
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E.
Chaka
"Chaka" is the 1978 debut solo album by American singer Chaka Khan, showcasing her blend of funk, soul, and R&B.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
tectonic boundary
ⓘ
volcanic island arc ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Lesser Sunda Islands
ⓘ
Seram Island ⓘ
linked to:
Seram
Sulawesi ⓘ
linked to:
Celebes
Timor Island ⓘ
linked to:
Timor
|
| ageRange | Miocene to present ⓘ |
| associatedPlate |
Australian Plate
ⓘ
Banda Sea Plate ⓘ Eurasian Plate ⓘ Pacific Plate ⓘ Philippine Sea Plate ⓘ Sunda Plate ⓘ |
| contains |
Banda Sea Basin
ⓘ
linked to:
Banda Sea
Inner Banda Arc ⓘ Outer Banda Arc ⓘ Seram Trough ⓘ Timor Trough ⓘ Weber Deep ⓘ |
| containsVolcano |
Gunung Api Banda
ⓘ
Manuk Island volcano ⓘ Mount Rinjani ⓘ Mount Tambora ⓘ Nila volcano ⓘ Serua volcano ⓘ Teon volcano ⓘ Wetar volcanic centers ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| formedBy |
collision of multiple tectonic plates
ⓘ
subduction of oceanic lithosphere ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Cenozoic ⓘ |
| geologicalProcess |
arc-continent collision
ⓘ
crustal shortening ⓘ oceanic subduction ⓘ orogenesis ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
accretionary prisms
ⓘ
back-arc basins ⓘ complex fault systems ⓘ curved island chain ⓘ deep-sea trenches ⓘ forearc basins ⓘ volcanic islands ⓘ |
| highestPoint | Mount Rinjani ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Banda Sea region
ⓘ
linked to:
Banda Sea
eastern Indonesia ⓘ |
| ocean | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| partOf | Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ |
| researchField |
plate tectonics
ⓘ
subduction dynamics ⓘ |
| sea | Banda Sea ⓘ |
| seismicity | high ⓘ |
| shape | horseshoe-shaped arc ⓘ |
| significance | key region for studying arc-continent collision ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting |
convergent plate boundary
ⓘ
subduction zone ⓘ |
| volcanicActivity | active ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Banda Arc Description of subject: The Banda Arc is a complex volcanic island arc and tectonic boundary in eastern Indonesia, formed by the collision and subduction of multiple tectonic plates around the Banda Sea.
Referenced by (31)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Banda Arc
linked to: Banda Arc
subject linked to:
Nusantara volcanic islands (collective)