South Shetland Trough

South Shetland Trough

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Location of the 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. ^{[1] [2]} 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. ^[3]

References

1. Wolfram|Alpha: South Shetland Trough ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
2. South Shetland Trough. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
3. Bird, Peter (March 2003). "An updated digital model of plate boundaries". Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems . 4 (3). doi: 10.1029/2001gc000252 . ISSN   1525-2027.

61°0′S59°30′W / 61.000°S 59.500°W / -61.000; -59.500