Izu-Ogasawara Trench

The bonuses ditch (Japanese伊豆·小 笠原 海沟, Izu - Ogasawara Kaiko, Eng. Izu - Bonin Trench and Izu - Ogasawara Trench ) is an up to 10,554 m deep and 1,100 km long deepwater channel in the northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean ( Pacific).

Geography

In the north- east the cut at by the Sagami Trench to the Japan Trench and south of the Mariana Trench. It is located between the Northwest Pacific Basin in the northeast, the Marcus - Necker Ridge in the east, the Mariana Basin in the southeast and the Philippines basin to the west and is about 27-35 ° N and 142-143 ° E longitude.

Geology

The bonuses ditch forms part of the deep seam of Philippine plate to the west and the Pacific plate in the east, so that the Izu - Ogasawara Islands and developed. Together with the Marianas make this the Izu - Bonin - Mariana island arc.

Sea ​​lows

The bonuses trench is among other things this Meerestief:

• Ramapotief ( 10,554 m), deepest part of the trench bonuses