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Is the Chile trench closer to the east pacific rise or is the Tonga trench closer?
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What kind of tectonic plates associate with the Tonga Trench?
Pacific Plate
Where in the pacific ocean is Tonga in relation to new Zealand?
Tonga lies approximately north of New Zealand. The Tonga Trench is a continuation of the Alpine Fault and the Hikurangi Trench.
Where is the Tonga trench located?
it is in the South Pacific Ocean i got this from wikapidia anwsers
Why do Earth scientists think that rigid slabs of the lithosphere are descending into the mantle near the Tonga Island?
Close by the Tonga Island on the ocean floor lies the Tonga trench, which is a convergent boundary. At the Tonga trench the Pacific plate is subducting beneath the Australian-Indian plate, sending slabs of the Pacific plate into the mantle.
Which plate is subducting at a steeper angle Tonga or Chile?
Tonga
How was the Tonga Trench formed?
The Pacific Plate and the Indo-Austrialian plate collided. Because one of these plates were older, it sank. This in known as subduction.
What ocean or sea is Tonga near?
The pacific ocean. Tonga is one of the many beautiful pacific islands.
Is Fiji or Tonga closer to Australia?
Fiji is closer to Australia. Tonga is East of Fiji.
What is the age of the lithosphere at the Tonga trench?
< 200my
Is Tonga in Africa?
No Tonga is in the south pacific
Which is the second deepest trench of the world?
The deepest trenches in the world are -1 - Mariana Trench (aka Challenger Deep) in the western Pacific Ocean at 11,034 metres deep.2 - Tonga Trench in the south Pacific Ocean at 10,882 metres deep.3 - Philippine Trench (aka Philippine Deep, Mindanao Trench and Mindanao Deep) in the western Pacific Ocean at 10,540 metres deep.
How many islands Tonga ruled?
Tonga ruled all of the Pacific
