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Izu-Ogasawara Trench

Index Izu-Ogasawara Trench

The, also known as Izu-Bonin Trench, is an oceanic trench in the western Pacific Ocean, consisting of the Izu Trench (at the north) and the Bonin Trench (at the south, west of the Ogasawara Plateau). [1]

11 relations: Bonin Islands, Izu Islands, Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc, Japan, Japan Trench, Mariana Trench, Oceanic trench, Pacific Ocean, Pacific Plate, Philippine Sea Plate, Subduction.

Bonin Islands

The Bonin Islands, also known as the, are an archipelago of over 30 subtropical and tropical islands, some directly south of Tokyo, Japan.

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Izu Islands

The are a group of volcanic islands stretching south and east from the Izu Peninsula of Honshū, Japan.

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Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc

The Izu-Bonin-Mariana (IBM) arc system is a tectonic-plate convergent boundary.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Japan Trench

The Japan Trench is an oceanic trench part of the Pacific Ring of Fire off northeast Japan.

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Mariana Trench

The Mariana Trench or Marianas Trench is the deepest part of the world's oceans.

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Oceanic trench

Oceanic trenches are topographic depressions of the sea floor, relatively narrow in width, but very long.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions.

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Pacific Plate

The Pacific Plate is an oceanic tectonic plate that lies beneath the Pacific Ocean.

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Philippine Sea Plate

The Philippine Sea Plate or Philippine Plate is a tectonic plate comprising oceanic lithosphere that lies beneath the Philippine Sea, to the east of the Philippines.

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Subduction

Subduction is a geological process that takes place at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates where one plate moves under another and is forced or sinks due to gravity into the mantle.

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Redirects here:

Bonin Trench, Bonin-Izu Trench, Izu Trench, Izu-Bonin Trench, Izu-Ogasawara Kaikō, Ogasawara Trench, 伊豆・小笠原海溝.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izu-Ogasawara_Trench

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