Cayman Trough

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back-arc basin oceanic trench tectonic plate boundary

The Cayman Trough is a deep undersea trench and tectonic plate boundary in the western Caribbean, known as the deepest point in the Caribbean Sea.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Caribbean Sea floor 1
Caribbean Sea seafloor 1
Cayman Ridge and Nicaraguan Rise 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf back-arc basin ⓘ
oceanic trench ⓘ
tectonic plate boundary ⓘ
contains Cayman Trough self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cayman spreading center

Cayman Trough self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mid-Cayman Rise
countryOffshoreFrom Belize NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cayman Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ
Honduras NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jamaica ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
deepestPointOf Caribbean ⓘ
surface form: Caribbean Basin

Caribbean Sea ⓘ
extendsFrom Cuban archipelago ⓘ
surface form: Cuba region
extendsTo Cayman Islands ⓘ
surface form: Cayman Islands region

Honduras region ⓘ
geologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
geologicalProcess sea-floor spreading ⓘ
strike-slip faulting ⓘ
hasBathymetricFeature narrow axial valley ⓘ
steep trench walls ⓘ
hasFeature spreading ridge ⓘ
submarine valley ⓘ
transform fault system ⓘ
hasMinimumDepth greater than 7000 m ⓘ
hasOceanographicRole controls deep-water circulation in Caribbean Sea ⓘ
hasResearchInterest deep-sea ecology ⓘ
hydrothermal vent systems ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ
isPartOf plate boundary zone between North America and Caribbean ⓘ
isTypeOfBoundary spreading center boundary ⓘ
transform boundary ⓘ
knownFor being one of the deepest points in the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
hosting very deep hydrothermal vents ⓘ
liesBetween Cayman Trough self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cayman Ridge and Nicaraguan Rise
locatedIn Caribbean Sea ⓘ
western Caribbean ⓘ
maximumDepth about 25250 ft ⓘ
about 7686 m ⓘ
namedAfter Cayman Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
ocean Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
partOf Caribbean ⓘ
surface form: Caribbean Basin
separates Cayman Ridge from Nicaraguan Rise ⓘ
Cuba from Jamaica region ⓘ
spreadingRate slow-spreading ⓘ
tectonicSetting boundary between North American Plate and Caribbean Plate ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Caribbean Plate → associatedWithFeature → Cayman Trough ⓘ
Yucatán Basin → connectedTo → Cayman Trough ⓘ
Cayman Trough → contains → Cayman Trough self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mid-Cayman Rise
Cayman Trough → contains → Cayman Trough self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cayman spreading center
Caribbean Sea → hasPart → Cayman Trough ⓘ
Grand Cayman → hasReef → Cayman Trough ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cayman Trench wall dive sites
Cayman Trough → liesBetween → Cayman Trough self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cayman Ridge and Nicaraguan Rise
Yucatán Basin → liesWestOf → Cayman Trough ⓘ
Caribbean Sea → maximumDepthLocation → Cayman Trough ⓘ
Venezuelan Basin → partOf → Cayman Trough ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caribbean Sea floor
Yucatán Basin → partOf → Cayman Trough ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caribbean Sea seafloor
Cayman Ridge → relatedFeature → Cayman Trough ⓘ
Cayman Ridge → separates → Cayman Trough ⓘ