<P> Cascade Volcanic Arc, a continental volcanic arc </P> <Li> <P> The Aleutian Arc, with both oceanic and continental parts . </P> </Li> <P> The Aleutian Arc, with both oceanic and continental parts . </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>

The arc-shaped area in the middle east is called