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Mar 29, 2024 · It is located about 190 miles (305 km) off the southwestern coasts of the islands of Sumatra and Java, stretching eastward south of the western Lesser Sunda Islands. To the northwest the trench merges with a system of islands and continental shelves that eventually extend into the Ganges River delta.
The Sunda Trench, earlier known as and sometimes still indicated as the Java Trench, [1] is an oceanic trench located in the Indian Ocean near Sumatra, formed where the Australian - Capricorn plates subduct under a part of the Eurasian Plate. It is 3,200 kilometres (2,000 mi) long with a maximum depth of 7,290 metres (23,920 feet). [2] .
May 10, 2021 · There is a location in the same trench, just to the north, that's deeper still (Meteor Deep at 8,265m) but it's technically in the Atlantic Ocean. The dividing line with the Southern Ocean starts...
May 11, 2021 · Trench Location; 1: Challenger Deep: 10 924: Pacific: Mariana: 11.369°N/142.587°E; 2: Brownson Deep: 8378: Atlantic: Puerto Rico: 19.712°N/67.311°W; 3: Factorian Deep: 7432: Southern: South Sandwich: 60.479°S/25.542°W; 4 (Unnamed deep) 7187: Indian: Java: 11.129°S/114.942°E; 5: Molloy Hole: 5551: Arctic (Unnamed trench) 79.194°N/2.706°E
Jan 2, 2023 · September 4, 2023 by Imtiaz Mahi. Sunda trench, also known as Java Trench, is another oceanic trench located in the Indian Ocean near Indonesia. It is located at the southern edge of Java Ridge, along the northern part of Sunda Shelf.
Oct 1, 2019 · The Java Trench, also known as the Sunda Trench, is located south and west of the islands of Java and Sumatra in the eastern Indian Ocean, and is in excess of 3200 km in length. The trench is formed as the Indo-Australian Plate subducts beneath the Eurasian Plate, at a rate of between 60 and 73 mm per year ( De Mets et al., 2010 ).
May 11, 2021 · There is a location in the same trench, just to the north, that's deeper still (Meteor Deep at 8,265m) but it's technically in the Atlantic Ocean. The dividing line with the Southern Ocean starts...
