Notable Oceanic Trenches
| Trench | Location |
|---|---|
| Aleutian Trench | West of Alaska |
| Bougainville Trench | South of New Guinea |
| Cayman Trench | Western Caribbean Sea |
| Cedros Trench (inactive) | Pacific coast of Baja California |
| Hikurangi Trench | East of New Zealand |
| Izu-Ogasawara Trench | Near Izu and Bonin islands |
| Japan Trench | Northeast Japan |
| Kermadec Trench * | Northeast of New Zealand |
| Kuril-Kamchatka Trench * | Near Kuril islands |
| Manila Trench | West of Luzon, Philippines |
| Mariana Trench * | Western Pacific ocean; east of Mariana Islands |
| Middle America Trench | Eastern Pacific Ocean; off coast of Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica |
| New Hebrides Trench | West of Vanuatu (New Hebrides Islands). |
| Peru-Chile Trench | Eastern Pacific ocean; off coast of Peru & Chile |
| Philippine Trench * | East of the Philippines |
| Puerto Rico Trench | Boundary of Caribbean Sea and Atlantic ocean |
| Puysegur trench | Southwest of New Zealand |
| Ryukyu Trench | Eastern edge of Japan's Ryukyu Islands |
| South Sandwich Trench | |
| Sunda Arc and Java Trench | |
| Tonga Trench * | Near Tonga |
| Yap Trench | Western Pacific ocean; between Palau Islands and Mariana Trench |
(*) The 5 deepest trenches in the world
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