Yap Trench — The Yap Trench is an oceanic trench in the western Pacific Ocean. The trench forms the part of the Pacific Ring of Fire between the Palau Islands and the Mariana Trench. It is 650 kilometers (400 mi) long and 8,527 meters (27,976 ft) deep at its… … 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
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
Pacific Ring of Fire — The Ring of Fire redirects here. For other uses of the term, see Ring of Fire (disambiguation). The Pacific Ring of Fire (see below) … Wikipedia
Plaque philippine — Pour l’article homonyme, voir Philippines. Plaque philippine Plaque de la mer des Philippines … Wikipédia en Français
Central Pacific Basin — ▪ basin, Pacific Ocean major submarine basin of the central part of the north Pacific Ocean, between the Line Islands to the east and the Marshall Islands to the west. It occupies a large area of the north Pacific and extends westward to a… … Universalium
Pacific Ocean — an ocean bordered by the American continents, Asia, and Australia: largest ocean in the world; divided by the equator into the North Pacific and the South Pacific. 70,000,000 sq. mi. (181,300,000 sq. km); greatest known depth, 35,433 ft. (10,800… … Universalium
Challenger Deep — Location of Challenger Deep within the Western Pacific Ocean The Challenger Deep is the deepest known point in the oceans, with a depth of 10,902 metres (35,768 ft) to 10,916 metres (35,814 ft) by direct measurement from submersibles, and… … Wikipedia
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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
