Diamantina Trench

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The Diamantina Trench is a deep sea trench in the South East Indian Basin. With a maximum depth of 8,047 meters, it is the deepest trench of the Indian Ocean, deeper than the better-known Java Trench.

The deepest location is called Diamantina Deep, located about 1 125 km West-South-West of Perth, Western Australia, at 35°S and 104°E.

The trench is named after the ship that conducted surveys in 1961 - the HMAS Diamantina

[edit] See also

• Sunda Arc
• Oceanic trench

[edit] External link

• http://www.maritimemuseum.com.au/ships/diamantina.htm History of HMAS Diamanitna