Diamantina Fracture Zone Ridge Plateau. All these features are mirrored by corresponding topography on the other side of the Southeast Indian Ridge. Broken Ridge Plateau was formed at the ridge together with the Kerguelen Plateau. Diamantina Fracture Zone was first detected by and RV Argo in 1960. It is named after , which did further exploration in 1961. The Diamantina Deep is the zone's deepest location, located about 1 125 km West-South-West of Perth, Western Australia, at . This is not the deepest point in the Indian Ocean: the CIA's Physical Map of the World lists the Java Trench as such. On the
Middle America Trench Middle America Trench The Middle America Trench is a major subduction zone, an oceanic trench in the eastern Pacific Ocean off the southwestern coast of Middle America, stretching from central Mexico to Costa Rica. The trench is 1,700 miles (2,750 km) long and is 21,880 feet (6,669 m) at its deepest point. The trench is the boundary between the Rivera, Cocos, and Nazca plates on one side and the North American and Caribbean plates on the other. It is the 18th-deepest trench in the world. Many large earthquakes have occurred in the area of the Middle America Trench. The Middle