KURIL-KAMCHATKA TRENCH

Satellite image of the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench.

The 'Kuril-Kamchatka Trench' or 'Kuril Trench' is an oceanic trench with a maximum depth of 10,542 metres (34,000 ft). It extends from the Aleutian Trench to the north, to the Japan Trench to the south.
The trench formed as a result of the subduction zone that created the Kuril Islands island arc. The Pacific Plate is subducted beneath the Okhotsk Plate, resulting in intense volcanism.

External links

★ http://artedi.fish.washington.edu/okhotskia/ikip/Info/geohist.html

★ http://www.skimountaineer.com/ROF/Region.php?region=Kamchatka

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