java trench is the deepest point of indian ocean.
java trench is the deepest point of indian ocean.
java trench is the deepest point of which ocean?
indian ocean
the sunda trench, earlier known as and sometimes still indicated as the java trench, is an oceanic trench located in the indian ocean near sumatra, formed where the australian-capricorn plates subduct under a part of the eurasian plate. it is long. its maximum depth is the deepest point in the indian ocean. the trench stretches from the lesser sunda islands past java, around the southern coast of sumatra on to the andaman islands, and forms the boundary between indo-australian plate and eurasian plate (more specifically, sunda plate). the trench is considered to be part of the pacific ring of fire as well as one of a ring of oceanic trenches around the northern edges of the australian plate.
sunda trench
the eastern boundaries of the tonga and kermadec plates constitute the subduction zone of the pacific plate, characterized by a trench about 2,000 km in length. the trench is continuous, but has different names for different sections: hikurangi trench, the kermadec trench and the tonga trench. the tonga trench is the second deepest trench in the world at about 10,800 m, with the deepest point, horizon deep, being the deepest point in the southern hemisphere and the second deepest point in the world, after the challenger deep in the mariana trench. the eastern boundary of the kermadec plate is also the site of the kermadec trench, which is the fifth deepest trench in the world at about 10,000 m. the eastern boundary of the tonga plate is one of the fastest subduction zones with a rate of up to 24 cm/yr.
kermadec-tonga subduction zone