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.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mariana Arc | 9 |
| Mariana Islands | 4 |
| Mariana island arc | 3 |
| Mariana Archipelago | 1 |
| Mariana Island Arc canonical | 1 |
| Mariana Islands volcanic chain | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T59842 — 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.
Target entity: Mariana Island Arc Context triple: [Mariana Trench, adjacentIslandArc, Mariana Island Arc]
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Nggela Islands
The Nggela Islands, also known as the Florida Islands, are a small group of islands in the Central Province of the Solomon Islands, noted for their role in World War II and their rich marine and coastal ecosystems.
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Thacher Island
Thacher Island is a small rocky island off the coast of Massachusetts known for its historic twin lighthouses that have guided ships in the Atlantic since the 18th century.
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C.
Aleutian Arc
The Aleutian Arc is a major volcanic island chain and subduction zone stretching from Alaska toward Russia, forming part of the tectonically active northern boundary of the Pacific Ocean.
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Desventuradas Islands
The Desventuradas Islands are a remote, sparsely inhabited Pacific archipelago under Chilean sovereignty, known for their rich marine biodiversity and isolation.
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E.
Galápagos Islands
The Galápagos Islands are a remote Pacific archipelago famed for their unique biodiversity and their pivotal role in Charles Darwin’s development of the theory of evolution by natural selection.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Mariana Island Arc Target entity description: 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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A.
Nggela Islands
The Nggela Islands, also known as the Florida Islands, are a small group of islands in the Central Province of the Solomon Islands, noted for their role in World War II and their rich marine and coastal ecosystems.
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B.
Thacher Island
Thacher Island is a small rocky island off the coast of Massachusetts known for its historic twin lighthouses that have guided ships in the Atlantic since the 18th century.
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C.
Aleutian Arc
The Aleutian Arc is a major volcanic island chain and subduction zone stretching from Alaska toward Russia, forming part of the tectonically active northern boundary of the Pacific Ocean.
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D.
Desventuradas Islands
The Desventuradas Islands are a remote, sparsely inhabited Pacific archipelago under Chilean sovereignty, known for their rich marine biodiversity and isolation.
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E.
Galápagos Islands
The Galápagos Islands are a remote Pacific archipelago famed for their unique biodiversity and their pivotal role in Charles Darwin’s development of the theory of evolution by natural selection.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
island arc
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tectonic feature ⓘ volcanic arc ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Mariana Trench ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Mariana subduction zone
ⓘ
surface form:
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 of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| formedBy | subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the Philippine Sea Plate ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Cenozoic ⓘ |
| governingTerritory |
Northern Mariana Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Guam ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
fisheries
ⓘ
tourism ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
active volcanoes
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dormant volcanoes ⓘ extinct volcanoes ⓘ stratovolcanoes ⓘ submarine volcanoes ⓘ |
| highestPoint | Agrihan volcano ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Pacific Ocean
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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 zone
ⓘ
surface form:
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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Subject: Mariana Island Arc Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (19)
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