Ryukyu arc

Short description: Volcanic island arc between Kyushu and Taiwan

Undersea geographic features of the western Pacific

The Ryukyu arc (琉球弧, Ryūkyū-ko) is a volcanic island arc system of Japan's triple junction formed by the subduction of the Philippine Sea Plate beneath the Eurasian Plate between Ryukyu Trench to the south-east and the Okinawa Trough to north-west.[1] It comprises the entirety of the Ryukyu Islands chain. The Ryukyu and Southwest Honshu arcs together form the southwest trending arm of the Boso Triple Junction.

## References

1. ↑ "Nature in Okinawa". 沖繩縣. http://www.pref.okinawa.lg.jp/site/kankyo/shizenhogo/hogo/documents/p1-7.pdf. Retrieved 2012-09-30.

## External links

* "Nature in Okinawa"(Okinawa prefecture Japan)[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}] (in Japanese and English)
* "台灣北部大地構造"(中華民國國立自然科學博物館) (in Chinese)

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