Kuril Trench

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The Kuril Trench is a deep oceanic trench in the northwest Pacific Ocean off the Kuril Islands, formed by the subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the Okhotsk Plate and known for its intense seismic and volcanic activity.

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf oceanic trench ⓘ
subduction zone ⓘ
associatedWith Kuril Islands volcanic arc ⓘ
linked to: Kuril Islands

Kuril–Kamchatka Arc ⓘ
countryBorder Japan ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
extendsFrom offshore Hokkaido ⓘ
extendsTo south of Kamchatka Peninsula ⓘ
formedBy subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the Okhotsk Plate ⓘ
geologicalAge Cenozoic subduction system ⓘ
geologicalFeatureOf northwestern Pacific margin ⓘ
hasBathymetry steep trench slope ⓘ
hasHazard megathrust earthquakes ⓘ
tsunamis ⓘ
hasResearchInterest plate tectonics ⓘ
seismology ⓘ
subduction processes ⓘ
tsunami generation ⓘ
hasSeismicActivity high ⓘ
hasVolcanicActivity high ⓘ
influences regional tsunami risk in the northwest Pacific ⓘ
isAdjacentTo Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ
isAlignedWith Kuril–Kamchatka volcanic front ⓘ
isPartOf Kuril–Kamchatka Trench system ⓘ
linked to: Kuril Trench
isSegmentOf Pacific Plate subduction zone around Japan and Kamchatka ⓘ
isUnder Pacific Ocean seafloor ⓘ
knownFor intense seismic activity ⓘ
intense volcanic activity ⓘ
locatedIn northwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf Kuril Islands ⓘ
marginOf Okhotsk microplate ⓘ
linked to: Okhotsk Plate
maximumDepth over 30000 ft ⓘ
over 9000 m ⓘ
near Kamchatka Peninsula ⓘ
ocean Pacific Ocean ⓘ
overridingPlate Okhotsk Plate ⓘ
parallelTo Kuril Island arc ⓘ
linked to: Kuril Islands
partOf Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ
plateSubducting Pacific Plate ⓘ
region Far East Russia ⓘ
linked to: Russia Far East

Northern Japan ⓘ
relatedTrench Japan Trench ⓘ
Kamchatka Trench ⓘ
tectonicSetting convergent plate boundary ⓘ
typeOfBoundary ocean–continent convergent boundary ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Japan Trench → formsArcSystemWith → Kuril Trench ⓘ
Aleutian Trench → relatedTo → Kuril–Kamchatka Trench ⓘ
linked to: Kuril Trench
Amur Plate → associatedWith → Kuril–Kamchatka Trench ⓘ
linked to: Kuril Trench
Kuril–Kamchatka subduction system → associatedWith → Kuril–Kamchatka Trench ⓘ
linked to: Kuril Trench
Okhotsk Plate → associatedWith → Kuril–Kamchatka Trench ⓘ
linked to: Kuril Trench
Northern Pacific Ocean → hasFeature → Kuril–Kamchatka Trench ⓘ
linked to: Kuril Trench
Kuril Trench → isPartOf → Kuril–Kamchatka Trench system ⓘ
linked to: Kuril Trench
Lvinaya Past Volcano → overlies → Kuril Trench ⓘ
Kamchatka Trench → adjacentTo → Kuril–Kamchatka Trench system ⓘ
linked to: Kuril Trench
Kamchatka Trench → relatedStructure → Kuril Trench ⓘ
Kuril–Kamchatka volcanic arc → adjacentTo → Kuril–Kamchatka Trench ⓘ
linked to: Kuril Trench
Kuril–Kamchatka volcanic arc → parallelTo → Kuril–Kamchatka Trench ⓘ
linked to: Kuril Trench
Shimushiru-tō → hasNearbyFeature → Kuril Trench ⓘ