Timor Trough

The Timor Gap is a to 3310 m deep deep trough in the extreme northeast of the Indian Ocean.

Geography

As the northwest part of the Timor Sea located between the Timor Gap Timor to the north, the Tanimbarese Islands in the northeast, the Arafura Sea to the east, the actual Timor Sea in the south and the island of Roti in the West. There he is about 8 to 11 ° south latitude, and 123 and 131 ° east longitude.

The Timor Gap forms part of the deep seam of Eurasian plate in the north and Australian plate to the south, the second under the first-mentioned plate dives ( subduction ).