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    The South Sandwich Trench is an arcuate trench in the South Atlantic Ocean east of the South Sandwich Islands that is over 965 km long and has a maximum depth of 8,428 meters, making it the deepest trench in the Southern Atlantic Ocean. It is formed by the subduction of the South American Plate beneath the South Sandwich Plate, which results in volcanic activity like the active Mount Belinda volcano on Montagu Island and constitutes the South Sandwich Islands volcanic island arc.

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    The South Sandwich Trench is an arcuate trench in the South Atlantic Ocean east of the South Sandwich Islands that is over 965 km long and has a maximum depth of 8,428 meters, making it the deepest trench in the Southern Atlantic Ocean. It is formed by the subduction of the South American Plate beneath the South Sandwich Plate, which results in volcanic activity like the active Mount Belinda volcano on Montagu Island and constitutes the South Sandwich Islands volcanic island arc.

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    The South Sandwich Trench is an arcuate trench in the South Atlantic Ocean east of the South Sandwich Islands that is over 965 km long and has a maximum depth of 8,428 meters, making it the deepest trench in the Southern Atlantic Ocean. It is formed by the subduction of the South American Plate beneath the South Sandwich Plate, which results in volcanic activity like the active Mount Belinda volcano on Montagu Island and constitutes the South Sandwich Islands volcanic island arc.

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    The South Sandwich Trench is an arcuate trench in the South Atlantic Ocean east of the South Sandwich Islands that is over 965 km long and has a maximum depth of 8,428 meters, making it the deepest trench in the Southern Atlantic Ocean. It is formed by the subduction of the South American Plate beneath the South Sandwich Plate, which results in volcanic activity like the active Mount Belinda volcano on Montagu Island and constitutes the South Sandwich Islands volcanic island arc.

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    The South Sandwich Trench is a deep arcuate trench in the South Atlantic Ocean lying 100 km to

    the east of the South Sandwich Islands. The trench is produced by the subduction of the
    southernmost portion of the South American Plate beneath the small South Sandwich Plate. The
    South Sandwich Islands constitute a volcanic island arc which results from this active
    subduction. Mount Belinda on Montagu Island is an active volcano.

    It is the deepest trench of the Southern Atlantic Ocean, and the second deepest of the Atlantic
    Ocean after the Puerto Rico Trench.

    The trench is 965 km long and has a maximum depth of 8,428 metres below sea level. This location,
    at 5540'S, 02555'W, is called Meteor Deep. It is 122 km northeast of Zavodovski Island.

    The southernmost portion of the South Sandwich Trench reaches south of 60S and therefore into
    the Southern Ocean, thereby containing the maximum depth of that Ocean at 6000'S, 024W, with
    a depth of 7,235 meters.

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