South Shetland Trough
The South Shetland Trough is an undersea trough located north of the South Shetland Islands, which are a group of Antarctic islands. 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.- Type: Trough
- Description: antarctic undersea trough
- Also known as: “South Shetland Trench”
South Shetland Trough
- Categories: undersea trough and body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“South Shetland Trough” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “South Shetland Trough”
- Chinese: “南設得蘭海溝”
- German: “South Shetland Trough”
- Polish: “Rów Południowoszetlandzki”
- Spanish: “Canal Shetland del Sur”
- Swedish: “South Shetland Trough”
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