Aleutian Trench Kuril Trench Philippine Trench Japan Trench Puerto Rico Trench Mariana Trench Challenger Deep Middle America Trench Kermadec-Tonga Trench Java Trench Peru-Chile New Hebrides Trench Trench South Sandwich Trench Figure 4.31 Oceanic trenches of the world. Note their prevalence in the active Pacific.

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