Manila Trench

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The Manila Trench is a deep oceanic trench in the western Pacific, off the coast of Luzon in the Philippines, formed by the subduction of the Eurasian Plate beneath the Philippine Sea Plate.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Manila Trench canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf oceanic trench
subduction zone
adjacentTo Luzon Island
linked to: Luzon

Philippine archipelago
approximateLength about 1000 km
associatedWith earthquake activity
tsunami hazard
volcanism in Luzon
country Philippines
depthCategory hadal zone boundary
formedBy convergence of Eurasian Plate and Philippine Sea Plate
formedBySubductionOf Eurasian Plate
geohazardFor Metro Manila region
linked to: Metro Manila

western Luzon coast
geologicalAge Cenozoic
geologicalProcess oceanic-continental subduction
hazardType subduction-zone megathrust
locatedIn Philippine Sea region
linked to: Philippine Sea

western Pacific Ocean
locatedOffCoastOf Luzon
Philippines
marginType active continental margin
maximumDepth about 5.4 km
about 5400 m
namedAfter Manila
near Luzon Strait
Manila
South China Sea
ocean Pacific Ocean
orientation north-south trending
overridingPlate Philippine Sea Plate
partOf Philippine Trench system
linked to: Philippine Trench
plateBoundaryBetween Eurasian Plate
Philippine Sea Plate
region South China Sea margin
linked to: South China Sea
seafloorFeatureType deep-sea trench
tectonicProvince Philippine Mobile Belt
tectonicSetting convergent plate boundary
underlyingPlate Eurasian Plate

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Philippine Sea hasOceanTrench Manila Trench
Philippine Sea Plate hasTrench Manila Trench
Philippine Mobile Belt associatedWith Manila Trench
Philippine Archipelago hasTrench Manila Trench
Mindoro microplate near Manila Trench
Philippine Microplate associatedWith Manila Trench