New Britain Trench

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Approximate surface projection on Pacific Ocean of New Britain Trench (blue).
Manus
Basin
      Britain
New      Trench
Woodlark Rise
Trobriand
              Trough
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Trough
Pocklinton Rise
Seafloor topographic map of area adjacent to New Britain Trench.

The New Britain Trench (also known as Bougainville-New Britain Trench or New Britain-Solomon Trench) has formed due to subduction of the floor of the Solomon Sea and has some of the highest current seismic activity in the world.

The trench was discovered by the German research vessel SMS Planet, in 1910.

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