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How deep is the ocean at Grand Cayman?
The ocean depth at Grand Cayman can vary, but in general, it ranges from shallow waters near the shore to over 20,000 feet in the deeper parts. The Cayman Trench, located near the island, is one of the deepest parts of the Caribbean Sea.
How were many of the world's islands form?
The manner in which Islands are and have been formed are as diverse and unique in many cases as the Islands themselves. As per the catagorisation of this question however, the Cayman Islands were formed by convergent tectonic plate movement. Geographically speaking they sit on the egde of the Cayman Trench. It is a trench hundreds of miles deep that runs between the Cayman Islands and Cuba. Further eleaboration would require a more specific focus as some Islands are formed due to volcanic activity, some are man made...etc.
What is a island arcs?
it is a string of islands formed above a deep ocean trench
Is the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean?
The Mariana trench is under the Mariana islands in the pacific ocean and is 11.03 km deep.
How deep is the water around the Caymen Islands?
about 6km
Deep-ocean trenches are associated with?
Around the western edge of the Pacific Ocean
Where is one of a deep ocean trench?
around the western edge of the Pacific Ocean
A deep crack in the earth is called?
A deep ocean trench is a portion of the Earth's crust in which a tectonic plate is being subducted (pushed down) below another plate. At the border of the 2 plates there is a down turned portion of the uppermost plate along the uppermost edge of the subducting plate. Within this area a trench is formed and as correctly pointed out, this plate interaction does cause the deepest places on Earth.
Volcanic islands in the deep ocean are composed primarily of what igneous rock?
Volcanic islands in the deep ocean are primarily composed of basaltic igneous rock, which is formed from the rapid cooling of lava. This rock is rich in minerals such as pyroxene, olivine, and plagioclase feldspar, giving it its characteristic dark color.
If an ocean trench is located west of a line of volcanic islands it would then be assumed that?
If an ocean trench is located west of volcanic islands, you can assume that there is a continental shelf nearby. You can also assume that the trench is at least 7000Êm deep.
Are there hill and mountains under the ocean?
Sure. The mountains are often tall enough to poke through the surface of the ocean where they are called islands. There are deep valleys under the ocean, too. Some are deep enough that you could put Mount Everest in the ocean into these valleys, and it would be completely covered in water.
What best describes seamounts and islands of the deep ocean basins?
piles of basaltic lava flows built up from the ocean floor by multiple, summit and flank eruptions
