Question

which of the following features was not created by subduction? japan mariana trench alps andes

Explanation:

• Japan: Formed by subduction of oceanic plates beneath continental/other oceanic plates.
• Mariana Trench: Created by subduction of the Pacific Plate under the Philippine Sea Plate.
• Alps: Formed by continental - continental plate collision (convergence of African and Eurasian plates, not subduction in the typical ocean - continental or ocean - ocean sense).
• Andes: Formed by subduction of the Nazca Plate under the South American Plate.

Answer:

C. Alps