Java Trench History

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The Java Trench is located in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. It is approximately 190 miles off the islands of Sumatra and Java. The trench is a deep underwater valley running long the coast of Java and Sumatra in Indonesia. The deepest part of the Java Trench is 7,450 m (24,442 ft) which is the deepest point in the Indian Ocean. The islands in this region are mostly the tops of large underwater volcanoes that have slowly grown out of the ocean over time.

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