Philippine Trench

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The Philippine Trench is a deep oceanic trench in the western Pacific, known as one of the deepest points on Earth’s seafloor and a major site of tectonic subduction.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Philippine Trench canonical 17
Philippine Trench system 3
Mindanao Trench 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf deepest point
oceanic trench
subduction zone feature
alsoKnownAs Mindanao Trench
linked to: Philippine Trench
associatedWith earthquakes
tsunamis
volcanic activity in the Philippines
averageWidth about 37 mi
about 60 km
comparedTo Mariana Trench
contains Galathea Depth
countryBorder Philippines
depthRank one of the deepest ocean trenches in the world
discoveredBy Danish Galathea expedition
discoveryYear 1951
formedBy subduction beneath the Philippine Mobile Belt
subduction of the Philippine Sea Plate
geologicalAge Cenozoic
geologicalProcess oceanic–continental subduction
hasFeature sediment-filled floor
steep trench walls
influences regional seismic hazard in the Philippines
tsunami risk in the western Pacific
isPartOf Philippine Sea plate boundary system
length over 1300 km
over 800 mi
locatedEastOf Philippines
locatedIn Philippine Trench
western Pacific Ocean
locatedNearIsland Mindanao
locatedOffCoastOf Philippines
maximumDepth about 10540 m
about 10540 m
about 34580 ft
namedAfter Philippines
near Philippine Sea
oceanBasin Philippine Sea
oneOfDeepestPointsOn Earth seafloor
orientation north–south
parallelTo Philippine archipelago
partOf Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ring of Fire
subjectOf deep-sea biological research
marine geology studies
seismological studies
tectonicPlate Philippine Mobile Belt
Philippine Sea Plate
tectonicSetting convergent plate boundary

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Philippine Sea hasOceanTrench Philippine Trench
Philippine Sea Plate hasTrench Philippine Trench
western Pacific Ocean contains Philippine Trench
Philippine Mobile Belt associatedWith Philippine Trench
Galathea Depth locatedIn Philippine Trench
subject linked to: Philippine Trench
Philippine Trench alsoKnownAs Mindanao Trench
linked to: Philippine Trench
Manila Trench partOf Philippine Trench system
linked to: Philippine Trench
Philippine Basin boundedBy Philippine Trench
Philippine Basin adjacentTo Philippine Trench
Philippine Basin subductsAlong Philippine Trench
Philippine Archipelago hasTrench Philippine Trench
East Luzon Trough partOf Philippine Trench system
linked to: Philippine Trench
East Luzon Trough near Philippine Trench
Mindoro microplate boundedBy Philippine Trench region
linked to: Philippine Trench
Philippine Microplate associatedWith Philippine Trench
Galathea Depth locatedIn Philippine Trench
Galathea Depth featureOf Philippine Trench
Negros Trench partOf Philippine Trench system
linked to: Philippine Trench
Cotabato Trench parallelTo Philippine Trench
West Philippine Basin boundedBy Philippine Trench
West Philippine Basin near Philippine Trench
Luzon Volcanic Arc formedAlong Philippine Trench