Vitiaz Trench region

E718595

The Vitiaz Trench region is a deep-sea trench system in the southwest Pacific Ocean, forming part of a complex tectonic boundary associated with subduction and intense seismic activity.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Vitiaz Trench 1
Vitiaz Trench region canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf oceanic trench system ⓘ
tectonic region ⓘ
associatedWith New Britain Trench ⓘ
Solomon Trench ⓘ
Tonga–Kermadec Trench system ⓘ
linked to: Kermadec Trench

Vitiaz Arc ⓘ
associatedWithPlate Australian Plate ⓘ
Bismarck microplates ⓘ
Caroline Plate ⓘ
Pacific Plate ⓘ
Solomon microplates ⓘ
boundaryType complex plate boundary ⓘ
characterizedBy deep-sea environment ⓘ
frequent earthquakes ⓘ
intense seismic activity ⓘ
steep bathymetric gradients ⓘ
environmentType deep-marine environment ⓘ
geologicalProcess arc–trench system development ⓘ
oceanic lithosphere subduction ⓘ
hasHazard large megathrust earthquakes ⓘ
tsunami generation potential ⓘ
hasOceanographicFeature abyssal plain margins ⓘ
hadal zone ⓘ
hasResearchInterest deep-sea ecology ⓘ
marine geology ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ
seismology ⓘ
hasTectonicActivity arc volcanism nearby ⓘ
back-arc basin development ⓘ
crustal deformation ⓘ
liesToTheEastOf Papua New Guinea ⓘ
liesToTheNorthOf Solomon Trench ⓘ
liesToTheWestOf Tonga Trench ⓘ
locatedIn southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locatedNear Bismarck Sea ⓘ
Solomon Islands ⓘ
Solomon Sea ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf Papua New Guinea ⓘ
maximumDepth over 9000 m ⓘ
namedAfter Vitiaz Strait ⓘ
partOf Pacific Ocean ⓘ
southwest Pacific convergent margin ⓘ
relatedTo Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ
tectonicSetting convergent plate boundary ⓘ
subduction zone ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Fiji Basin → boundedBy → Vitiaz Trench region ⓘ
Solomon Trench → relatedTo → Vitiaz Trench ⓘ
linked to: Vitiaz Trench region