Southwest Japan Arc

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The Southwest Japan Arc is a major volcanic and tectonic arc in southwestern Japan, characterized by active volcanoes such as Mount Aso and formed by the subduction of oceanic plates beneath the Eurasian Plate.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Southwest Japan Arc canonical 3
Honshu–Shikoku–Kyushu island arc 1
Japan island arcs 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf tectonic arc ⓘ
volcanic arc ⓘ
associatedWithPlate Pacific Plate ⓘ
Philippine Sea Plate ⓘ
associatedWithProcess subduction ⓘ
boundedBy Japan Sea ⓘ
linked to: Sea of Japan

Pacific Ocean ⓘ
containsRegion Chugoku region ⓘ
linked to: Chūgoku region

Kyushu ⓘ
Shikoku ⓘ
part of Honshu ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
developedDuring Cenozoic Era ⓘ
linked to: Cenozoic
formedBy subduction of oceanic plates beneath the Eurasian Plate ⓘ
geologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
hasFeature active volcanoes ⓘ
hasGeologicalActivity crustal deformation ⓘ
frequent earthquakes ⓘ
hasGeologicalFeature accretionary prism ⓘ
magmatic arc ⓘ
sedimentary basins ⓘ
hasHazard strong earthquakes ⓘ
volcanic eruptions ⓘ
hasResearchField seismology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
volcanology ⓘ
hasStructure back-arc region ⓘ
forearc region ⓘ
volcanic front ⓘ
hasVolcanismType arc volcanism ⓘ
subduction-related volcanism ⓘ
hasVolcano Aira caldera ⓘ
linked to: Aira Caldera

Aso volcano ⓘ
linked to: Aso Volcano

Beppu volcanic field ⓘ
linked to: Beppu

Kirishima ⓘ
Kuju volcano ⓘ
Mount Aso ⓘ
Sakurajima ⓘ
Unzen ⓘ
locatedIn southwestern Japan ⓘ
linked to: western Japan
locatedOnIsland Honshu ⓘ
Kyushu ⓘ
Shikoku ⓘ
overliesPlate Eurasian Plate ⓘ
partOf Japan Arc ⓘ
Japanese island arc system ⓘ
tectonicSetting convergent plate boundary ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Mount Aso → locatedInVolcanicArc → Southwest Japan Arc ⓘ
Northeastern Japan Arc → partOf → Japan island arcs ⓘ
linked to: Southwest Japan Arc
Northeastern Japan Arc → relatedArc → Southwestern Japan Arc ⓘ
linked to: Southwest Japan Arc
Ōita → locatedIn → Honshu–Shikoku–Kyushu island arc ⓘ
subject linked to: Oita
linked to: Southwest Japan Arc
Shimabara Peninsula → volcanicZone → Southwest Japan Arc ⓘ
Japan Arc → hasPart → Southwest Japan Arc ⓘ