Places
- Arc (Savoie), a river of eastern France, tributary of the Isère river
- Arc (Provence), a river of southern France, flowing into the Étang de Berre
- Les Arcs, a ski resort in the French Alps
- Volcanic arc, a chain of volcanoes positioned in an arc shape as seen from above
- Island arc, a type of archipelago composed of a chain of volcanoes which alignment is arc-shaped, and which are situated parallel and close to a boundary between two converging tectonic plates
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