Yap Trench

The Yapgraben is up to 8,850 m deep and 560 km long deep trough in the western part of the Pacific Ocean ( Pacific).

Geography

It is located approximately between the Philippines basin in the north, the Mariana Trench in the Northeast, the Caroline Islands in the East, the West Caroline Basin in the South, the Palau Trench in the southwest and the Yap Islands in the west. There he is about 8 to 11 ° north latitude, and 138 and 139 ° east longitude.

10138 - 8850Koordinaten: 10 ° 0 ' 0 " N, 138 ° 0' 0" E

Geology

The Yapgraben forms the southeastern part of the deep seam of Philippine plate to the west and the Pacific plate to the east.