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 Trench region
surface form: Peru–Chile coastal margin
alsoKnownAs Atacama Trench
surface form: Peru-Chile Trench

Atacama Trench
surface form: Peru–Chile 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 Peru–Chile Trench region
surface form: 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
surface form: southeastern Pacific Ocean
locatedOffCoastOf Chile
Peru
lowestPointDepthApprox 8065 m
lowestPointName Richards Deep
maximumDepthApprox 8065 m
about 8 km
near Atacama Desert
oceanBasin Southeastern Pacific Ocean
surface form: Southeast Pacific Basin
oceanRegion Southeastern Pacific Ocean
surface form: Southeast Pacific
overridingPlate South American Plate
parallelTo Andes
surface form: Andes Mountains

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