🕳️ Tonga Trench

Tonga · Oceania · 20.00°S, 173.00°W

The Tonga Trench is an oceanic trench located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It is the deepest trench in the Southern hemisphere and the second deepest on Earth after the Mariana Trench. The fastest plate-tectonic velocity on Earth is occurring at this location, as the Pacific plate is being subducted westward in the trench.

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Quick facts

Country	Tonga
Continent / region	Oceania
Coordinates (approx.)	20.00°S, 173.00°W · view on map

Tonga Trench is located in Tonga, in Oceania.

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