Ryukyu Trench

The Ryukyu Trench is up to 7,507 m deep and 1040 km long deepwater channel, which is located in the Philippine Sea in the western part of the Pacific Ocean ( Pacific).

Geography

The Ryukyu Trench is located between the Japanese Ryukyu Islands in the ( North ) West, Kyushu (Japan ) in the north, the Philippines basin in the east and south, and Taiwan ( south ) west. It is located about 23 to 28 ° north latitude, and 126 and 131 ° east longitude.

26.333333333333128.66666666667 - 7507Koordinaten: 26 ° 20 '0 "N, 128 ° 40' 0" E

Geology

The Ryukyu trench forms a part of the deep seam of Eurasian plate and Philippine plate in the west to the east.