Tonga Trench
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The Tonga Trench is one of the deepest oceanic trenches on Earth, located in the southwestern Pacific and formed by the subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the Indo-Australian Plate.
Aliases (5)
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
deepest point of Tonga Trench
→
oceanic trench → subduction zone feature → |
| associatedWith |
Tonga Ridge
→
Tonga slab → Tonga volcanic arc → Tonga-Kermadec subduction system → |
| associatedWithPlate |
Australian Plate
→
Indo-Australian Plate → Pacific Plate → |
| countryExclusiveEconomicZone |
New Zealand
→
Tonga → |
| deeperThan |
Kermadec Trench
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| formedBy |
subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the Indo-Australian Plate
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| geologicalAge |
Cenozoic
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| hasBiodiversity |
specialized deep-sea fauna
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| hasDeepestPoint |
Horizon Deep
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| hasEarthquakes |
deep-focus earthquakes
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frequent large earthquakes → |
| hasMorphology |
narrow and steep-sided
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| hasSeismicActivity |
very high
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| knownFor |
extreme plate convergence rates
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| length |
over 1,300 kilometres
→
over 800 miles → |
| locatedIn |
South Pacific Ocean
→
southwestern Pacific Ocean → |
| locatedNear |
Kermadec Trench
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| locatedOffCoastOf |
Tonga
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| maximumDepth |
about 10,800 metres
→
about 10,800 metres → about 35,400 feet → |
| nearbyIslandArc |
Kermadec Islands
→
Tonga Islands → |
| oceanBasin |
Southwest Pacific Basin
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| oneOf |
deepest oceanic trenches on Earth
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| orientation |
north-northeast to south-southwest
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| partOf |
Pacific Ocean
→
Pacific Ring of Fire → |
| plateConvergenceRate |
among the fastest on Earth
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| relativeLocation |
east of Tonga Islands
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northeast of New Zealand → |
| researchInterest |
deep-sea biology
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plate tectonics → seismology → |
| tectonicSetting |
convergent plate boundary
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| waterPressureAtBottom |
over 1,000 atmospheres
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Referenced by (15)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Pacific Ring of Fire
("Tonga Trench region")
→
Ring of Fire ("Kermadec Trench region") → South Pacific Ocean → southwest Pacific Ocean → western Pacific Ocean → |
contains |
|
Pacific Ring of Fire
("Tonga-Kermadec Trench region")
→
Tonga-Kermadec subduction system → Tonga–Kermadec Arc → |
hasPart |
|
Horizon Deep
→
Horizon Deep ("Tonga-Kermadec Trench system") → Horizon Deep → |
locatedIn |
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Pacific Ocean
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containsFeature |
|
Pacific Plate
→
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hasBoundaryFeature |
|
Horizon Deep
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oceanTrench |
|
Horizon Deep
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partOf |