Home›Articles›The Trench That Is Still Building the Kuril IslandsArticlesThe Trench That Is Still Building the Kuril IslandsArticlesCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextEarth and Environment Atlas. "The Trench That Is Still Building the Kuril Islands." Accessed September 9, 2026. https://earth.interactiveatlas.org/articles/trench-still-building-the-kuril-islands.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextEarth and Environment Atlas. (n.d.). The Trench That Is Still Building the Kuril Islands. Retrieved September 9, 2026, from https://earth.interactiveatlas.org/articles/trench-still-building-the-kuril-islandsCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{earthandenvironmentatlas-the-trench-that-is-still-building-the-ku, author = {Earth and Environment Atlas}, title = {The Trench That Is Still Building the Kuril Islands}, year = {2026}, url = {https://earth.interactiveatlas.org/articles/trench-still-building-the-kuril-islands}, note = {Accessed September 9, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationDevelopingCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Cross-Tradition ConnectionsArticle OnKuril Islands, Geological Formations Well-attested SourcesKuril Islands (Wikipedia)Geography and climate sectionQuote, Geography and climate sectionThe islands themselves are summits of stratovolcanoes that are a direct result of the subduction of the Pacific Plate under the Okhotsk Plate, which forms the Kuril Trench some 200 kilometres (124 mi) east of the islands.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.