Sumatra Trench Sumatra Trench The Sumatra Trench belongs to the Sunda Trench or Java Trench. The Sunda subduction zone (called also: the Sumatra-Andaman subduction zone) is located in the east part of Indian Ocean, and is about 300 km from the southwest coast of Sumatra and Java islands. It extends over 5000 km long, starting from Burma in the northwest and ending at Sumba Island in the southeast. The Java trench was generated by the oblique subduction of the Indo-Australian Plate into the Sunda plate at a rate of 61mm/y (in the south) and 51mm/y (in the north). The oceanic crust being
Joseph Trench 27, 1879. Buildings designed by Trench's firm in New York City include: Trench also designed row houses which are part of the East 10th Street Historic District. Joseph Trench Joseph Trench (1815-1879) was an American architect who practiced in New York City and San Francisco in the 19th century. Trench was born in 1815, but little is known about his early history or training. By 1837 he was practicing in New York, and brought Jasper Francis Cropsey, who would go on to be a notable Hudson River school painter, into his office as an apprentice and draftsman. Several years later,