Calypso Deep

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Location of Calypso's Deep.

Calypso Deep, located in the Ionian Sea south-west of Pylos, Greece, is the deepest part of the Mediterranean Sea, with a maximum depth of 5,267 m (17,280 ft), at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found..[1][2]

At the Calypso Deep, the African Plate slides under the Aegean Sea Plate, creating the Hellenic Trench.[3][4]

See also

References

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  2. NCMR - MAP
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  4. Meier, T et al. (2007) "A Model for the Hellenic Subduction Zone in the area of Crete based on seismological investigations" pp. 194-195 In Taymaz, Tuncay and Dilek, Yildirim (eds.) (2007) The Geodynamics of the Aegean and Anatolia Geological Society, London, pp. 183-200, ISBN 978-1-86239-239-7

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