South Shetland Trough
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South Shetland Trough
The South Shetland Trough is an undersea trough located north of the South Shetland Islands.[1][2] It is the remnant of a subduction zone where the defunct Phoenix Plate, now part of the Antarctic Plate, subducted under the Antarctic Peninsula and the South Shetland Islands.[3]
References[]
- ^ Wolfram|Alpha: South Shetland Trough[permanent dead link]
- ^ South Shetland Trough. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
- ^ Bird, Peter (March 2003). "An updated digital model of plate boundaries". . 4 (3). doi:10.1029/2001gc000252. ISSN 1525-2027.
Coordinates: 61°0′S 59°30′W / 61.000°S 59.500°W
Categories:
- Oceanic basins of the Southern Ocean
- Subduction zones
- Marine geography stubs