Kermadec Trench

[ kur-muh-dik trench, ker-mad-ik ]

noun

1. an oceanic trench in the South Pacific Ocean that lies as a linear stretch from the southern end of the Tonga Trench southward to New Zealand’s North Island, with rates of convergence along the two trenches’ subduction system being among the world’s fastest.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Kermadec Trench¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

The islands are a dependency of New Zealand and lie at the western edge of the Kermadec Trench.

From Washington Times

The islands are a dependency of New Zealand and lie at the western edge of the Kermadec Trench.

From Seattle Times

So far, the same group has discovered the Mariana snailfish and the ethereal snailfish in the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean, and there is a specialized snailfish species in Kermadec Trench in the South Pacific as well.

From New York Times

The researchers also found severe contamination in amphipods collected in the Kermadec trench, which is 7,000km from the Mariana trench.

From The Guardian

During two expeditions in 2014, an international team collected wildlife from the Mariana Trench in the North Pacific and the Kermadec Trench in the South Pacific.

From Science Magazine