Neupommern-Bougainville-Graben

Tectonic plates with continents in the background

The Neupommern-Bougainville-Graben (also called Neubritanniengraben or Neubritannien-Bougainville-Graben ) is a deep sea channel up to 9142 m deep and 900 km long in the western part of the Pacific Ocean .

geography

The boomerang-shaped New Pomeranian Bougainville Trench is located between New Ireland in the north, Solomon Island Bougainville in the east, the Solomon Islands Basin in the south and New Britain in the west and northwest. It is located about 6-8 ° south latitude and 148-156 ° east longitude .

geology

The Neupommern-Bougainville-Graben forms part of the deeply cut seam between the Australian plate in the south and the Pacific plate in the north.

Ocean lows

In the Neupommern-Bougainville-Graben there is, among other things, this deep sea :

• Planettief (9142 m), deepest point in the Neupommern-Bougainville-Graben

See also

• Sea depth
• Deep sea basin
• List of deep sea trenches

Coordinates: 6 °  S , 152 °  E