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Why is the trench called mariana?
In 1668, Spain established a colony on the Mariana Islands, named for the Spanish queen, Mariana of Austria. The island arc is located on the Mariana Plate, which is on the western side of the trench.
The Mariana Trench where is it?
The Mariana Trench is located south of Japan and east of China, in the northern Pacific Ocean, near the island of Guam.
What is the base of the Mariana Trench?
Hardly any organisms can survive in the Mariana Trench due to the pressures at that extreme depth. Xenophyophores, amphipods, sea cucumbers, snailfish and jellyfish are examples of organisms that live in the Mariana Trench.
Where is the deepest ocean trench on earth?
The Mariana Trench is the deepest trench in Earth's oceans.
Is the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean?
The Mariana trench is under the Mariana islands in the pacific ocean and is 11.03 km deep.
Why is mariana trench called mariana trench?
The Mariana Trench is named after the nearby Mariana Islands, which themselves were named after Queen Mariana of Austria, the wife of King Philip IV of Spain. The trench is located off the coast of the Mariana Islands in the western Pacific Ocean.
What is the environment of the mariana trench?
The Mariana trench has a very harsh environment and it is a deep sea environment.
Which submersible traveled to the floor of the Mariana Trench?
The submersible Trieste traveled to the bottom of mariana trench
Is the Mariana Trench north of the Mariana Islands?
No, it is east of the mariana islands
What two plates formed the mariana trench?
The Marianas (or Mariana) Trench is formed by the subduction of the Pacific Plate as it is forced under the smaller Mariana Plate at the bottom of the ocean between Japan and New Guinea.
What ocean is the challenger deep trench in?
It is in the Mariana Trench!
Where is the Marian trench?
The Mariana trench is located in England.
