Editing Sunda Arc (section)

{{Short description|Volcanic island arc in Indonesia}}
[[File:Indonesia 2002 CIA map.png|thumb|upright=1.5|Map of the Sunda Arc]]
{{Infobox islands|name=Sunda Arc|coordinates={{Coord|7.1510|S|110.1403|E}}|location=[[Indonesia]]|major_islands=[[Sumatra]], [[Java]], [[Nusa Tenggara]]|additional_info='''Tectonic''' - [[Indo-Australian Plate]] and [[Eurasia Plate]]
<br /> '''Major Volcanoes''' - [[Mount Merapi|Merapi]], [[Krakatoa]], [[Mount Sinabung]], [[Semeru]]}}

The '''Sunda Arc''' is a [[volcanic arc]] that produced the volcanoes that form the topographic spine of the islands of [[Sumatra]], [[East Nusa Tenggara|Nusa Tenggara]], [[Java]], the [[Sunda Strait]], and the [[Lesser Sunda Islands]]. The Sunda Arc begins at Sumatra and ends at [[Flores]], and is adjacent to the [[Banda Arc]].<ref name=":102">{{Cite journal|last1=Pacey|first1=Adam|last2=Macpherson|first2=Colin G.|last3=McCaffrey|first3=Ken J. W.|date=2013-05-01|title=Linear volcanic segments in the central Sunda Arc, Indonesia, identified using Hough Transform analysis: Implications for arc lithosphere control upon volcano distribution|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X13001155|journal=Earth and Planetary Science Letters|language=en|volume=369-370|pages=24–33|doi=10.1016/j.epsl.2013.02.040|bibcode=2013E&PSL.369...24P|issn=0012-821X}}</ref> The Sunda Arc is formed via the subduction of the [[Indo-Australian Plate]] beneath the Sunda and [[Burma Plate|Burma plates]] at a velocity of 63–70&nbsp;mm/year.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Simons|first1=W. J. F.|last2=Socquet|first2=A.|last3=Vigny|first3=C.|last4=Ambrosius|first4=B. a. C.|last5=Abu|first5=S. Haji|last6=Promthong|first6=Chaiwat|last7=Subarya|first7=C.|last8=Sarsito|first8=D. A.|last9=Matheussen|first9=S.|last10=Morgan|first10=P.|last11=Spakman|first11=W.|date=2007|title=A decade of GPS in Southeast Asia: Resolving Sundaland motion and boundaries|journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth|language=en|volume=112|issue=B6|pages=B06420|doi=10.1029/2005JB003868|bibcode=2007JGRB..112.6420S|issn=2156-2202|doi-access=free}}</ref>