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Kermadec Trench — The Kermadec trench is one of Earth s deepest oceanic trenches, reaching a depth of 10,047 m. Formed by the subduction of the Pacific Plate under the Indo Australian Plate, it runs over a thousand kilometres parallel with and to the east of the… … Wikipedia
Kermadec — or de Kermadec may refer to: Kermadec Islands, a subtropical island arc in the South Pacific Ocean on northeast of New Zealand Kermadec Plate, a long narrow tectonic plate located west of the Kermadec Trench Kermadec Tonga Subduction Zone, a… … Wikipedia
Kermadec Islands — since 1887.The islands lie within 29° to 31.5° south latitude and 178° to 179° west longitude, 800 ndash; 1000 km northeast of New Zealand s North Island, and a similar distance southwest of Tonga. The centre of the Kermadec Islands group is… … Wikipedia
Kermadec-Tonga Subduction Zone — The Kermadec Tonga Subduction Zone is a convergent tectonic plate boundary which stretches from the North Island of New Zealand northward, and includes the Hikurangi Trough, the Kermadec Trench and the Tonga Trench. Along this zone, the Pacific… … Wikipedia
Kermadec Islands — Volcanic island group, South Pacific Ocean. Located northeast of Auckland, N.Z., it includes Raoul, Macauley, and Curtis islands and l Esperance Rock, and it has a total land area of 13 sq mi (34 sq km). Explored in the late 18th century by the… … Universalium
Oceanic trench — Oceanic crust is formed at an oceanic ridge, while the lithosphere is subducted back into the asthenosphere at trenches. The oceanic trenches are hemispheric scale long but narrow topographic depressions of the sea floor. They are also the… … Wikipedia
Hikurangi Trench — The Hikurangi Trench (also called the Hikurangi Trough) is a linear deep in the Pacific Ocean off the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand, lying between the southern end of the Cook Strait and the Chatham Rise. Though much shallower, it … Wikipedia
Tonga Trench — ▪ submarine trench, South Pacific Ocean submarine trench in the floor of the South Pacific Ocean, about 850 miles (1,375 km) in length, forming the eastern boundary of the Tonga Ridge; the two together constitute the northern half of the… … Universalium
Puysegur trench — The 6,000 m deep Puysegur Trench is formed by the subduction of the Australian plate under the Pacific plate to the south of New Zealand. The Puysegur trench mirrors the Kermadec Trench and Tonga Trench north of New Zealand.External links*… … Wikipedia
Tonga Trench — The Tonga Trench is located in the Pacific Ocean and is 10,882 meters (35,702 ft) deep at its deepest point, known as the Horizon Deep.The trench lies at the northern end of the Kermadec Tonga Subduction Zone, an active subduction zone where the… … Wikipedia
