<P> Two classic examples of oceanic island arcs are the Mariana Islands in the western Pacific Ocean and the Lesser Antilles in the western Atlantic Ocean . The Cascade Volcanic Arc in western North America and the Andes along the western edge of South America are examples of continental volcanic arcs . The best examples of volcanic arcs with both sets of characteristics are in the North Pacific , with the Aleutian Arc consisting of the Aleutian Islands and their extension the Aleutian Range on the Alaska Peninsula , and the Kuril - Kamchatka Arc comprising the Kuril Islands and southern Kamchatka Peninsula . </P>
<P> Two classic examples of oceanic island arcs are the Mariana Islands in the western Pacific Ocean and the Lesser Antilles in the western Atlantic Ocean . The Cascade Volcanic Arc in western North America and the Andes along the western edge of South America are examples of continental volcanic arcs . The best examples of volcanic arcs with both sets of characteristics are in the North Pacific , with the Aleutian Arc consisting of the Aleutian Islands and their extension the Aleutian Range on the Alaska Peninsula , and the Kuril - Kamchatka Arc comprising the Kuril Islands and southern Kamchatka Peninsula . </P>
which arc is a line of volcanoes on an oceanic plate
which arc is a line of volcanoes on an oceanic plate
continental volcanic arcs
continental volcanic arcs