🕳️ Peru–Chile Trench

Other · Other · 23.00°S, 71.00°W

The Peru–Chile Trench, also known as the Atacama Trench, is an oceanic trench in the eastern Pacific Ocean, about 160 kilometres (99 mi) off the coast of Peru and Chile. It reaches a maximum depth of 8,065 m (26,460 ft) below sea level in Richards Deep and is approximately 5,900 km (3,666 mi) long; its mean width is 64 km (40 mi) and it covers an expanse of some 590,000 km2 (230,000 mi2).

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Country	Other
Continent / region	Other
Coordinates (approx.)	23.00°S, 71.00°W · view on map

Peru–Chile Trench is located in Other, in Other.

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