Mariana Island Arc

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf island arc
tectonic feature
volcanic arc
adjacentTo Mariana Trench
associatedWith 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
formedBy subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the Philippine Sea Plate
geologicalAge Cenozoic
governingTerritory 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 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

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