Atacama Trench

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The Atacama Trench is a deep oceanic trench in the southeastern Pacific Ocean off the coasts of Peru and Chile, formed by the subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American Plate.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Peru–Chile Trench 21
Atacama Trench canonical 3
Chile Trench 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf oceanic trench
subduction zone
adjacentTo Peru–Chile coastal margin
alsoKnownAs Peru-Chile Trench
linked to: Atacama Trench

Peru–Chile Trench
linked to: Atacama Trench
associatedWith Andean orogeny
Nazca Plate
South American Plate
megathrust earthquakes
seismic activity
tsunami generation
beneathTectonicPlate South American Plate
continentMargin South America
countryBordering Chile
Peru
depthClass hadal trench
extendsFrom offshore Ecuador region
extendsTo offshore southern Chile region
featureOf Nazca-South America plate margin
formedBySubductionOf Nazca Plate
geologicalProcess oceanic-continental subduction
hasEnvironment hadal zone
influences Andean seismicity
Andean volcanism
knownFor great depth
high seismic hazard
lengthApprox 5900 km
locatedIn southeastern Pacific Ocean
locatedOffCoastOf Chile
Peru
lowestPointDepthApprox 8065 m
lowestPointName Richards Deep
maximumDepthApprox 8065 m
about 8 km
near Atacama Desert
oceanBasin Southeast Pacific Basin
oceanRegion Southeast Pacific
overridingPlate South American Plate
parallelTo Andes Mountains
linked to: Andes

Peru–Chile coast
partOf Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ring of Fire
global deep-sea trench system
subductingPlate Nazca Plate
tectonicSetting convergent plate boundary
typeOfBoundary oceanic-continental convergent boundary

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (26)

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

Nazca Plate associatedWithFeature Atacama Trench
Peru–Chile Trench region relatedTo Peru–Chile Trench
linked to: Atacama Trench
Chilean Coastal Range boundedBy Peru–Chile Trench
linked to: Atacama Trench
South American Plate associatedWith Peru–Chile Trench
linked to: Atacama Trench
South American Plate createsFeature Peru–Chile Trench
linked to: Atacama Trench
South American Plate hasBoundaryFeature Peru–Chile Trench
linked to: Atacama Trench
Southeastern Pacific Ocean contains Atacama Trench
Southeastern Pacific Ocean contains Peru–Chile Trench
linked to: Atacama Trench
Andean subduction system associatedWith Peru–Chile Trench
linked to: Atacama Trench
Nazca Basin associatedWith Peru–Chile Trench
linked to: Atacama Trench
Nazca Basin adjacentTo Peru–Chile Trench
linked to: Atacama Trench
Nazca Basin boundedBy Peru–Chile Trench
linked to: Atacama Trench
Nazca Basin liesWestOf Peru–Chile Trench
linked to: Atacama Trench
Nazca Ridge affectsSubductionZone Peru–Chile Trench
linked to: Atacama Trench
Nazca Ridge terminatesNear Peru–Chile Trench
linked to: Atacama Trench
South Pacific Ocean contains Peru–Chile Trench
linked to: Atacama Trench
Atacama Trench alsoKnownAs Peru–Chile Trench
linked to: Atacama Trench
Atacama Trench alsoKnownAs Peru-Chile Trench
linked to: Atacama Trench
eastern Pacific Ocean hasSubductionZone Peru–Chile Trench
linked to: Atacama Trench
Pacific margin of the Americas includesFeature Peru–Chile Trench
linked to: Atacama Trench
East Pacific tectonic system contains Peru–Chile Trench
linked to: Atacama Trench
Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault Zone parallelTo Chile Trench
linked to: Atacama Trench
Pacific Plate boundary system includesSubductionZone Peru–Chile Trench
linked to: Atacama Trench
Chile Triple Junction associatedWith Peru–Chile Trench
linked to: Atacama Trench
Chile Triple Junction trenchComponent Peru–Chile Trench
linked to: Atacama Trench
Richards Deep locatedIn Atacama Trench