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Where two oceanic plates converge, one sinks beneath the other and dives into the mantle forming a/an:__________

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island arc.

Step-by-step explanation:

Island arcs are the chains of the islands which are prone to volcanoes and seismic activities. They are formed by the process of subduction in which the oceanic lithosphere is submerged under the continental lithosphere into a mantle forming during the movement of the tectonic plates. The curved shape of these islands gave them the name of island arc.

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