Puerto Rico Trench On World Map, Geography Of Puerto Rico Wikipedia

Seafloor fissures are indicated by black arrows and dashed lines outline debris flows.

Show puerto rico on world map. The puerto rico trench in the atlantic south sandwich trench in the southern ocean java trench in the indian ocean challenger deep in the pacific and molloy deep in the arctic. The north american tectonic plate which lies north of the trench is descending under the puerto rico and virgin island blocks south of the trench. The submarine depression is located roughly parallel to the northern coast of the island of puerto rico and lying about 75 mi 120 km to the north.

Peru chile trenchmiddle america trenchpuerto rico trenchaleutian trenchryukyu trenchmariana trenchphilippine trenchbougainville tre. The puerto rico trench is located on the boundary between the caribbean sea and the atlantic ocean. A noaa image of the bathymetry north of puerto rico.

Two ancient submarine landslides are visible as head scarps labeled loiza and arecibo amphitheaters. World map of oceanic trenchesworld map world map oceanic trenches oceanic trenches trenchoceansepicenterearthquakeearthquakesmidocean ridgesridges peru chile trenchmiddle america trenc. According to archaeologists the islands first inhabitants were the ortoiroid people dating to around 2000 bc.

The puerto rico trench is located on the boundary between the caribbean sea and the atlantic oceanthe oceanic trench the deepest in the atlantic is associated with a complex transition between the lesser antilles subduction zone to the south and the major transform fault zone or plate boundary which extends west between cuba and hispaniola through the cayman trough to the coast of central. Puerto rico officially the commonwealth of puerto rico is an unincorporated territory of the united states of america. The puerto rico trench is a very flat depression 280 kilometers 175 miles long.

With its name which translates to spanish as rich port puerto rico has a population of 3674209 2013 est. Trenches in the pacific are located in places where one tectonic plate subducts or slides under another one. The five deeps expedition was the first to reach the deepest point in each of the earths five oceans.

The puerto rico trench is the deepest part of the atlantic ocean with water depths exceeding 8400 meters. The romanche trench also called the romanche furrow or romanche gap is the third deepest of the major trenches of the atlantic ocean after the puerto rico trench and the south sandwich trenchit bisects the mid atlantic ridge mar just north of the equator at the narrowest part of the atlantic between brazil and west africa extending from 20n to 20s and from 160w to 200w. The large submarine slides on the downgoing plate suggest that the bottom of the trench may have deepened recently see the essay trench for details.

The southern side of the trench north of puerto rico is covered with a smooth layer of limestone. The volcano spewed mud as far as 10 kilometers 62 miles. A mud volcano was discovered at a depth of 7900 meters 25919 feet.

The puerto rico trench.