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Kuril–Kamchatka Trench
The
Kuril–Kamchatka Trench
or
Kuril Trench
(,
Kurilo-Kamchatkii Zhyolob
) is an
oceanic trench
in the northwest
Pacific Ocean
. It lies off the southeast coast of
Kamchatka
and parallels the
Kuril Island
chain to meet the
Japan Trench
east of
Hokkaido
. It extends from a
triple junction
with the
Ulakhan Fault
and the
Aleutian Trench
near the
Commander Islands
, Russia, in the northeast, to the intersection with the Japan Trench in the southwest.
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