Philippine Trench — The Philippine Trench (also Philippine Deep, Mindanao Trench, and Mindanao Deep) is a submarine trench to the east of the Philippines. It has a length of approximately 1,320 km and a width of about 30 km from the centre of the Philippine island… … Wikipedia
Philippine Sea — part of the W Pacific, between the Philippines & the Mariana Islands, south of Japan * * * ▪ sea, Pacific Ocean section of the western North Pacific Ocean, lying east and north of the Philippines. The floor of this portion of the ocean is… … Universalium
Philippine Sea — The Philippine Sea is a marginal sea east and north of the Philippines occupying an estimated surface area of 90, 000 mi² (1, 000, 000 km²)cite web|url= Philippine sea is the largest... please compare it into the south china… … Wikipedia
Philippine Plate — The Philippine Plate is a tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean to the east of the Philippines. The Philippine plate comprises oceanic lithosphere that lies beneath the Philippine Sea, and so is often referred to as the Philippine Sea Plate… … Wikipedia
Manila Trench — The Manila Trench is an ocean trench in the South China Sea, west of the Philippines. It reaches a depth of about 5,400 m,[1] in contrast with the average depth of the South China Sea of about 1,500 m. It is created by subduction, in which the… … Wikipedia
Mariana Trench — This article is about the ocean trench. For the Canadian band, see Marianas Trench (band). Coordinates: 11°21′N 142°12′E / 11.35°N 142.2°E / 11.35; 14 … Wikipedia
Manus Trench — is a trench delineating the oceanic boundary between the Caroline Plate and North Bismarck Plates, in Papua New Guinea.[1] The Kilinailai Trench, which looks as if it is a continuation of the Manus Trench, marks the boundary between the Pacific… … Wikipedia
Oceanic trench — Oceanic crust is formed at an oceanic ridge, while the lithosphere is subducted back into the asthenosphere at trenches. The oceanic trenches are hemispheric scale long but narrow topographic depressions of the sea floor. They are also the… … Wikipedia
Yap Trench — ▪ submarine trench, Pacific Ocean also called West Caroline Trench, deep submarine trench in the western Pacific Ocean located east of the Yap Ridge and the Yap island group. The Yap Trench is about 400 miles (650 km) long from north to… … Universalium
Kuril Trench — ▪ submarine feature, Pacific Ocean deep submarine depression in the western Pacific Ocean, situated on the east side of the Kamchatka Peninsula, the Kuril Islands, and Hokkaido island, Japan. Extending for about 1,800 miles (2,900 km) north … Universalium
