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  2. Puerto Rico Trench - Wikipedia

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    The purple sea floor at the center of the view is the Puerto Rico Trench, the deepest part of the Atlantic Ocean. The Puerto Rico Trench is located on the boundary between the North Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, parallel to and north of Puerto Rico, where the oceanic trench reaches the deepest points in the Atlantic Ocean.

  3. Milwaukee Deep - Wikipedia

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    Location map Puerto Rico trench - USGS Perspective view of the sea floor of the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. The Lesser Antilles are on the lower left side of the view and Florida is on the upper right. The purple sea floor at the center of the view is the Puerto Rico trench, the deepest part of the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.

  4. Geography of Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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    Lying about 75 mi (121 km) north of Puerto Rico in the Atlantic Ocean at the boundary between the Caribbean and North American plates is the Puerto Rico Trench, the largest and deepest trench in the Atlantic. The trench is 1,090 mi (1,750 km) long and about 97 km (60 mi) wide.

  5. Caribbean plate - Wikipedia

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    From there it continues into Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Part of the Puerto Rico Trench, the deepest part of the Atlantic Ocean (roughly 8,400 metres or 27,600 feet), lies along this border. The Puerto Rico Trench is at a complex transition from the subduction boundary to the south and the transform boundary to the west.

  6. Caribbean Sea - Wikipedia

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    The Caribbean sea floor is also home to two oceanic trenches: the Cayman Trench and the Puerto Rico Trench, which put the area at a high risk of earthquakes. Underwater earthquakes pose a threat of generating tsunamis which could have a devastating effect on the Caribbean islands.

  7. Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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    The Puerto Rico Trench, the largest and deepest trench in the Atlantic, is located about 71 mi (114 km) north of Puerto Rico at the boundary between the Caribbean and North American plates. [93] It is 170 mi (270 km) long. [ 94 ]

  8. Oceanic trench - Wikipedia

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    Puerto Rico Trench: Atlantic Ocean Rio Bermuda Deep 5,625 m (18,455 ft) ... "Bathymetry of the Tonga Trench and Forearc: a map series". Marine Geophysical Researches ...

  9. List of submarine topographical features - Wikipedia

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    Japan Trench: Pacific Ocean 9,000 29,527 5.59 8 Puerto Rico Trench: Atlantic Ocean 8,605 28,232 5.35 9 Yap Trench: Pacific Ocean 8,527 27,976 5.30 10 Richards Deep: Peru–Chile Trench, Pacific Ocean 8,065 26,456 5.01 11 Diamantina Deep: Diamantina fracture zone, Indian Ocean: 8,047 26,401 5.00 12 Romanche Trench: Atlantic Ocean 7,760 25,460 4. ...