ATACAMA TRENCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Atacama Trench mean? 

• ATACAMA TRENCH (noun)
  The noun ATACAMA TRENCH has 1 sense:

1. a depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile

  Familiarity information: ATACAMA TRENCH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATACAMA TRENCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

deep; oceanic abyss; trench (a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor)

 Context examples 

They were found in the Atacama Trench off the west coast of Chile and Peru at a depth of nearly 8,000 meters.

(Three New Species of Fish Found at Bottom of Pacific Ocean, VOA)