Definition of Atacama Trench

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

Generic synonyms: Deep, Oceanic Abyss, Trench

Lexicographical Neighbors of Atacama Trench

Asura
Asuras
Asurbanipal
Asvina
Asvins
Aswan
Aswan Dam
Aswan High Dam
Asx
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Lines
At
Atabrine
Atacama
Atacama Desert
Atacama Trench (current term)
Atacaman
Atacamanian
Atacamans
Atacamenian
Atacamenians
Atacameñan
Atacamian
Atakapa
Atakapan
Atalanta
Atarax
Atari
Ataris
Ataturk

Literary usage of Atacama Trench

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Geography of the Central Andes: A Handbook to Accompany the La Paz Sheet of by Alan Grant Ogilvie (1922)
"The marginal hollow on the east is known as the Atacama Trench, which extends from about latitude 10° S. to 28° S. and forms part of a wider and longer ..."

2. Map of Hispanic America Publication (1922)
"The marginal hollow on the east is known as the Atacama Trench, which extends from about latitude 10° S. to 28° S. and forms part of a wider and longer ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... but close to the continent of South America the Atacama Trench is a typical example of the deepest form of depression culminating with 4175 fathoms in ..."

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