Tonga Trench
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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.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tonga Trench canonical | 21 |
| Kermadec Trench region | 1 |
| Tonga Trench region | 1 |
| Tonga-Kermadec Trench region | 1 |
| Tonga-Kermadec Trench system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T27358 — 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.
Target entity: Tonga Trench Context triple: [Pacific Ocean, containsFeature, Tonga Trench]
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A.
Puerto Rico Trench
The Puerto Rico Trench is a deep oceanic trench in the western Atlantic, marking the boundary between the Caribbean and North American tectonic plates and containing the region’s greatest ocean depths.
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B.
Mariana Trench
The Mariana Trench is the deepest known oceanic trench on Earth, located in the western Pacific Ocean near the Mariana Islands.
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C.
Aleutian Arc
The Aleutian Arc is a major volcanic island chain and subduction zone stretching from Alaska toward Russia, forming part of the tectonically active northern boundary of the Pacific Ocean.
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D.
Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone
The Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone is a major deep-sea transform fault system in the North Atlantic Ocean that offsets and disrupts the continuity of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
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E.
Juan de Fuca Plate
The Juan de Fuca Plate is a small oceanic tectonic plate off the Pacific Northwest coast whose subduction beneath North America drives significant volcanic and seismic activity in the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Tonga Trench Target entity description: 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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A.
Puerto Rico Trench
The Puerto Rico Trench is a deep oceanic trench in the western Atlantic, marking the boundary between the Caribbean and North American tectonic plates and containing the region’s greatest ocean depths.
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B.
Mariana Trench
The Mariana Trench is the deepest known oceanic trench on Earth, located in the western Pacific Ocean near the Mariana Islands.
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C.
Aleutian Arc
The Aleutian Arc is a major volcanic island chain and subduction zone stretching from Alaska toward Russia, forming part of the tectonically active northern boundary of the Pacific Ocean.
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D.
Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone
The Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone is a major deep-sea transform fault system in the North Atlantic Ocean that offsets and disrupts the continuity of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
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E.
Juan de Fuca Plate
The Juan de Fuca Plate is a small oceanic tectonic plate off the Pacific Northwest coast whose subduction beneath North America drives significant volcanic and seismic activity in the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
deepest point of Tonga Trench
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oceanic trench ⓘ subduction zone feature ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Tonga–Kermadec Arc
ⓘ
surface form:
Tonga Ridge
Tonga slab ⓘ Tonga–Kermadec Arc ⓘ
surface form:
Tonga volcanic arc
Tonga-Kermadec subduction system ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlate |
Indo-Australian Plate
ⓘ
surface form:
Australian Plate
Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ Pacific Plate ⓘ |
| countryExclusiveEconomicZone |
New Zealand
ⓘ
Tonga ⓘ |
| deeperThan | Kermadec Trench ⓘ |
| formedBy | subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Cenozoic ⓘ |
| hasBiodiversity | specialized deep-sea fauna ⓘ |
| hasDeepestPoint | Horizon Deep ⓘ |
| hasEarthquakes |
deep-focus earthquakes
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frequent large earthquakes ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | narrow and steep-sided ⓘ |
| hasSeismicActivity | very high ⓘ |
| knownFor | extreme plate convergence rates ⓘ |
| length |
over 1,300 kilometres
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over 800 miles ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Pacific Ocean
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surface form:
South Pacific Ocean
southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ
surface form:
southwestern Pacific Ocean
|
| locatedNear | Kermadec Trench ⓘ |
| locatedOffCoastOf | Tonga ⓘ |
| maximumDepth |
about 10,800 metres
ⓘ
about 10,800 metres ⓘ about 35,400 feet ⓘ |
| nearbyIslandArc |
Kermadec Islands
ⓘ
Tonga ⓘ
surface form:
Tonga Islands
|
| oceanBasin |
southwest Pacific Ocean
ⓘ
surface form:
Southwest Pacific Basin
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| oneOf | deepest oceanic trenches on Earth ⓘ |
| orientation | north-northeast to south-southwest ⓘ |
| partOf |
Pacific Ocean
ⓘ
Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ |
| plateConvergenceRate | among the fastest on Earth ⓘ |
| relativeLocation |
east of Tonga Islands
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northeast of New Zealand ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
deep-sea biology
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plate tectonics ⓘ seismology ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | convergent plate boundary ⓘ |
| waterPressureAtBottom | over 1,000 atmospheres ⓘ |
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Subject: Tonga Trench Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (25)
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