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Aleutian Trench — The Aleutian Trench (or Aleutian Trough) [ Webster s New Geographical Dictionary , p. 30] is a subduction zone and oceanic trench which runs along the southern coastline of Alaska and the adjacent waters of northeastern Siberia off the coast of… … Wikipedia
Aleutian — may refer to: *The Aleutian Islands, a chain of islands in Alaska extending 1,700 miles ( km) west from the tip of the Alaskan Peninsula which separate the Bering Sea and North Pacific Ocean. *The Aleutian Range, a mountain range in Alaska. *The… … Wikipedia
Oceanic trench — Oceanic crust is formed at an oceanic ridge, while the lithosphere is subducted back into the asthenosphere at trenches. The oceanic trenches are hemispheric scale long but narrow topographic depressions of the sea floor. They are also the… … Wikipedia
Kuril-Kamchatka Trench — The Kuril Kamchatka Trench or Kuril Trench (Russian: Курило Камчатский жёлоб ) is an oceanic trench with a maximum depth of 10,542 metres (34,000 ft). It extends from a triple junction with the Ulakhan Fault and the Aleutian Trench to the north,… … Wikipedia
Pacific Ring of Fire — The Ring of Fire redirects here. For other uses of the term, see Ring of Fire (disambiguation). The Pacific Ring of Fire (see below) … Wikipedia
Pacific Ocean — an ocean bordered by the American continents, Asia, and Australia: largest ocean in the world; divided by the equator into the North Pacific and the South Pacific. 70,000,000 sq. mi. (181,300,000 sq. km); greatest known depth, 35,433 ft. (10,800… … Universalium
Pacific Plate — The Pacific Plate is an oceanic tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean.To the north the easterly side is a divergent boundary with the Explorer Plate, the Juan de Fuca Plate and the Gorda Plate forming respectively the Explorer Ridge, the Juan… … Wikipedia
Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province — NCVP … Wikipedia
Kodiak Seamount — Infobox Seamount Name=Kodiak Seamount Map caption=Map of Kodiak Bowie Seamount chain Depth=Convert|2300|m|ft| 2|abbr=on Height= Summit = Location= North Pacific Ocean, 120 miles southeast of Kodiak Island Group= Coordinates = Country = United… … Wikipedia
plate tectonics — plate tectonic, adj. Geol. a theory of global tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates, each of which moves on the plastic asthenosphere more or less independently to collide with, slide under, or move past… … Universalium
Geography of Yukon — The Yukon is in the northwestern corner of Canada. The sparsely populated territory abounds with natural scenic beauty, with snowmelt lakes and perennial whitecapped mountains, including many of Canada s highest mountains. Although the climate is … Wikipedia
