Macquarie Trench
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Macquarie Trench is a deep oceanic trench in the Southern Ocean south of New Zealand, notable as a major tectonic boundary and one of the deepest points in the region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Macquarie Trench canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14209751 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Macquarie Trench Context triple: [Australian Plate, formsBoundary, Macquarie Trench]
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A.
Tonga Trench
The Tonga Trench is one of the deepest oceanic trenches on Earth, located in the southwestern Pacific and formed by the subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the Indo-Australian Plate.
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B.
Sulu Trench
The Sulu Trench is a deep oceanic trench in the southwestern Philippines, formed by subduction along the boundary of the Philippine Sea region and known for its significant depth and seismic activity.
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C.
Kuril Trench
The Kuril Trench is a deep oceanic trench in the northwest Pacific Ocean off the Kuril Islands, formed by the subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the Okhotsk Plate and known for its intense seismic and volcanic activity.
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D.
New Hebrides Trench
The New Hebrides Trench is a deep oceanic trench formed by subduction along the convergent plate boundary near the New Hebrides island arc in the southwest Pacific.
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E.
New Guinea Trench
The New Guinea Trench is a deep oceanic trench in the western Pacific Ocean formed by the subduction of the Caroline Plate beneath the New Guinea region.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Macquarie Trench Target entity description: Macquarie Trench is a deep oceanic trench in the Southern Ocean south of New Zealand, notable as a major tectonic boundary and one of the deepest points in the region.
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A.
Tonga Trench
The Tonga Trench is one of the deepest oceanic trenches on Earth, located in the southwestern Pacific and formed by the subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the Indo-Australian Plate.
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B.
Sulu Trench
The Sulu Trench is a deep oceanic trench in the southwestern Philippines, formed by subduction along the boundary of the Philippine Sea region and known for its significant depth and seismic activity.
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C.
Kuril Trench
The Kuril Trench is a deep oceanic trench in the northwest Pacific Ocean off the Kuril Islands, formed by the subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the Okhotsk Plate and known for its intense seismic and volcanic activity.
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D.
New Hebrides Trench
The New Hebrides Trench is a deep oceanic trench formed by subduction along the convergent plate boundary near the New Hebrides island arc in the southwest Pacific.
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E.
New Guinea Trench
The New Guinea Trench is a deep oceanic trench in the western Pacific Ocean formed by the subduction of the Caroline Plate beneath the New Guinea region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.