Examples
Island arc | Country | Trench | Basin or marginal sea | Plate | Subducting plate |
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Aleutian Islands | United States | Aleutian Trench | Bering Sea | North American Plate | Pacific Plate |
Kuril Islands | Russia | Kuril-Kamchatka Trench | Sea of Okhotsk | North American Plate | Pacific Plate |
Japanese Archipelago | Japan | Japan Trench、Nankai Trough | Sea of Japan | North American Plate, Eurasian Plate | Pacific Plate, Philippine Sea Plate |
Ryukyu Islands | Japan | Ryukyu Trench | East China Sea (Okinawa Trough) | Eurasian Plate | Philippine Sea Plate |
Philippine Islands | Philippines | Philippine Trench | South China Sea, Celebes Sea | Eurasian Plate | Philippine Sea Plate |
Sunda Islands | Indonesia | Java Trench | Java Sea, Flores Sea | Eurasian Plate | Australian Plate |
Andaman and Nicobar Islands | India | Northern Java Trench | Andaman Sea | Eurasian Plate | Indo-Australian Plate |
Izu Islands and Bonin Islands (Ogasawara Islands) | Japan | Izu-Ogasawara Trench | Philippine Sea Plate | Pacific Plate | |
Mariana Islands | United States | Mariana Trench | Philippine Sea Plate | Pacific Plate | |
Bismarck Archipelago | Papua New Guinea | New Britain Trench | Pacific Plate | Australian Plate | |
Solomon Islands (archipelago) | Solomon Islands | San Cristobal Trench | Pacific Plate | Australian Plate | |
New Hebrides | Vanuatu | New Hebrides Trench | Pacific Plate | Australian Plate | |
Tonga islands | Tonga | Tonga Trench | Australian Plate | Pacific Plate | |
Antilles | Puerto Rico Trench | Caribbean Sea | Caribbean Plate | North American Plate, South American Plate | |
South Sandwich Islands | United Kingdom | South Sandwich Trench | Scotia Sea | Scotia Plate | South American Plate |
Egean, or Hellenic arc | Greece | Eastern Mediterranean Trench | Aegean Sea | Aegean Sea Plate or Hellenic Plate | African Plate |
South Aegean Volcanic Arc | Greece | Eastern Mediterranean Trench | Aegean Sea | Aegean Sea Plate or Hellenic Plate | African Plate |
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