Kermadec Trench

American  

[kur-muh-dik trench, ker-mad-ik] / ˈkɜr mə dɪk ˈtrɛntʃ, kərˈmæd ɪk /

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.

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Etymology

Origin of Kermadec Trench

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

A deep sea probe shot the videos in April and May during an expedition that plumbed the 10,000m depths of the Kermadec Trench, northeast of New Zealand.

From BBC • Jul. 16, 2014

The scope of that project is much reduced with the destruction of Nereus at the bottom of the Kermadec Trench.

From BBC • Jul. 16, 2014