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29 de nov. de 2023 · The Puerto Rico Trench is a tectonically complex depression in part formed by the Lesser Antilles subduction zone. Here, the oceanic crust of the enormous North American plate (carrying the western Atlantic Ocean) is being subducted beneath the oceanic crust of the smaller Caribbean plate.
The Milwaukee Deep (also called the Milwaukee Depth ), near Puerto Rico, is the deepest area in the Atlantic Ocean. [1] It is also the eighth deepest area in the ocean. [2] The depth of Milwaukee Deep is the 27,493 ft (8,380 m). [1] [3] Milwaukee Deep is in the Puerto Rico Trench, where the Caribbean plate and the Atlantic Ocean plate meet ...
Puerto Rico, Meta, Colombia, a town and municipality. Puerto Rico, Saipan, a village in the Northern Mariana Islands. Puerto Rico de Gran Canaria, a holiday resort situated on the south-west coast of the Spanish island of Gran Canaria. The original name for San Juan, Puerto Rico, the capital and largest city of the Commonwealth.
For videos and images from our Puerto Rico Trench 2003 expedition, which took place near the areas we will be exploring this year, visit this page. Press Releases NOAA to explore depths of Caribbean Sea (April 8, 2015)
An oceanic trench on a transform boundary between the Caribbean and North American Plates. Puerto Rico Trench (Q666090) From Wikidata. Jump to navigation Jump to search.
Cayman Trough. Coordinates: 18°30′N 83°0′W. False-color image of the Cayman Trough, created from digital databases of seafloor and land elevations. Mid-Cayman spreading centre as part of the trough, on the western edge of the Gonâve Microplate. The Cayman Trough (also known as the Cayman Trench, Bartlett Deep and Bartlett Trough) is a ...
Situated just north of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rico Trench separates the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. The ocean trench is a geologically complex site. The Caribbean and North American tectonic plates are scraping by each other, making a huge transform fault that extends from the Puerto Rico Trench to the coast of Central America.
