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Nankai trough topographic
The yellow line is the "Suruga trough", part of the longer "Nankai trough" in red

Nankai Trough (南海トラフ, Nankai Torafu) is a submarine valley south of Japan's islands of Honshū and Shikoku. It is about 900 km offshore. The undersea valley runs on a line which is roughly parallel with the coast of the two Japanese islands.

This feature is in a marine area called Nankai.


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  • Nankai Trough location map

    Location of the Nankai Trough

  • Map00148 (28286522445)

    Undersea geographic features of the western Pacific

  • EQ cluster

    Depth of earthquake foci in cross section, modified from Obana, et al., 2002

  • SubductionHydratedist

    Distribution of identified gas hydrate locations, in green and the location of selected subduction zones, red lines, modefied from Collet, 2002.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Fosa de Nankai para niños

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