List of oceanic trenches
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List of oceanic trenches
Trench | Location |
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Aleutian Trench | West of Alaska |
Cayman Trench | Western Caribbean Sea |
The Gully | East of Nova Scotia |
Hikurangi Trench | East of New Zealand |
Japan Trench | Northeast Japan |
Kuril-Kamchatka Trench | Near Kuril islands |
Laurentian Abyssal or Abyss | Northern Atlantic Ocean off the East Coast of |
Mariana Trench (deepest known part of the oceans) | Western Pacific ocean; east of Mariana Islands |
Puerto Rico Trench | Boundary of Caribbean Sea and Atlantic ocean |
Peru-Chile Trench | Eastern Pacific ocean; off coast of Peru & Chile |
Philippine Trench | East of Philippine Islands |
Ryūkyū Trench | Eastern edge of Japan's Ryūkyū Islands |
Tonga Trench | North-east of Australia |
Yap Trench | Western Pacific ocean; between Palau Islands and Mariana Trench |
List of ancient oceanic trenches
Trench | Location |
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Intermontane Trench | Western North America; between Intermontane Islands and North America |
Insular Trench | Western North America; between Insular Islands and Intermontane Islands |
Farallon Trench | Western North America |
Tethyan Trench | South of Turkey, Iran, Tibet and Southeast Asia |