Usually means: Curved chain of volcanic islands.
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  1. island arc: Merriam-Webster
  2. island arc: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. island arc: Collins English Dictionary
  4. island arc: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. island arc: Dictionary.com
  6. Island Arc (journal), Island arc: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. island arc: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. island arc: Wiktionary

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  1. island arc: Encyclopedia

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  1. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)
  2. island arc: Dictionary of Geology
  3. island arc: Natural History Terms

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▸ noun:  (geology) A long chain of active volcanoes with intense seismic activity found along convergent tectonic plate boundaries.

Similar:
high island, Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc, Aleutian Islands, island chain, low island, Dras, Guadalcanal, Kilauea, second island chain, first island chain, more...

Opposite:
continental margin, trench, subduction zone

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Similar:
high island, Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc, Aleutian Islands, island chain, low island, Dras, Guadalcanal, Kilauea, second island chain, first island chain, more...

Opposite:
continental margin, trench, subduction zone



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