Place where the Pacific Plate, the Okhotsk Plate, and the North American Plate meet
The Kamchatka-Aleutian triple junction is a triple junction of tectonic plates of the Fault-Fault-Trench type where the Pacific Plate, the Okhotsk Plate, and the North American Plate meet.[1] It is located east of the Kamchatka Mys peninsula and west of Bering Island. Meiji Seamount is located to the southeast of the junction.
In the Kamchatka-Aleutian junction, the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench meets the Aleutian Trench. The former is a subduction zone while the latter is a transform fault in its western part.
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56°12′N 163°30′E / 56.2°N 163.5°E / 56.2; 163.5
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Triple Trench | |
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Triple Ridge | |
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Triple Fault | |
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Trench Trench Ridge | |
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Fault Fault Trench | |
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Ridge Fault Fault | |
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Ridge Trench Fault | |
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