Sulu Trench

The Sulu Trench is an oceanic trench in the Pacific Ocean, located west of the islands of Mindanao and Sulu in the Philippines. The trench reaches a depth of about 5,600 metres (18,400 ft), in contrast with the average depth of the South China Sea of about 1,500 metres (4,900 ft). The trench formed when the Sunda Plate (part of the Eurasian Plate) subducts below the Philippine Mobile Belt. The convergent boundary terminates at the Negros Trench in the east. The Sulu Trench is not associated with frequent earthquakes, but hosts volcanoes south of the trench such as Mount Malindang. rdf:langString