Philippine Trench

[ fil-uh-peen trench ]

noun

1. an oceanic trench in the western Pacific Ocean, east of the Philippines: site of the Emden Deep.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Philippine Trench¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

There's a plan to take the DSV Limiting Factor shortly to the Philippine Trench, which in terms of depth at 10,500m is third only to the Mariana and Tonga trenches.

From BBC

It stands in the firmament of the best rides on the global circuit, a fast and powerful monster because of the water that sweeps in from the Philippine Trench in the Pacific Ocean.

From New York Times

Other expeditions had sounded the deeps and found that the deepest one, the Philippine Trench off the east coast of Mindanao, lies more than six miles beneath the surface of the sea.

From Time Magazine Archive