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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Small tectonic plate in the Bismarck Sea north of New Guinea</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color: #e7dcc3;">North Bismarck plate</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:NorthBismarkPlate.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/NorthBismarkPlate.png/280px-NorthBismarkPlate.png" decoding="async" width="280" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/NorthBismarkPlate.png/420px-NorthBismarkPlate.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/NorthBismarkPlate.png 2x" data-file-width="538" data-file-height="251" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The relationships of the presently inactive North Bismarck plate (red shading). While the map relates to a 2003 model where it was proposed to be still active, it is reasonably accurate compared to current understanding.<sup id="cite_ref-Bird2003_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bird2003-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Holm2016_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Holm2016-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_tectonic_plates#Minor_plates" title="List of tectonic plates">Minor</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Movement<sup>1</sup></th><td class="infobox-data">north-west</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Speed<sup>1</sup></th><td class="infobox-data">nil independent of Pacific plate which has 96 mm/year</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Features</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><sup>1</sup>Relative to the <a href="/wiki/African_plate" title="African plate">African plate</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>North Bismarck plate</b> is a small <a href="/wiki/Tectonic_plate" class="mw-redirect" title="Tectonic plate">tectonic plate</a> located in the <a href="/wiki/Bismarck_Sea" title="Bismarck Sea">Bismarck Sea</a> off the northeast coast of <a href="/wiki/New_Guinea" title="New Guinea">New Guinea</a>. It is currently regarded as a relic or inactive plate by most.<sup id="cite_ref-Weiler2000_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weiler2000-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Holm2016_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Holm2016-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At one time it was called the Manus plate, but this term was later used for a modelled microplate at the south east boundary of the North Bismarck plate.<sup id="cite_ref-Bird2003_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bird2003-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 22">: 22 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tectonics">Tectonics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Bismarck_plate&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Tectonics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The plate contains most of the Melanesian arc volcanoes, related to current and historic arc volcanism, except those of <a href="/wiki/New_Britain" title="New Britain">New Britain</a> which are on the active <a href="/wiki/South_Bismarck_plate" title="South Bismarck plate">South Bismarck plate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Holm2016_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Holm2016-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To the north it has collided with the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_plate" title="Pacific plate">Pacific plate</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Caroline_plate" title="Caroline plate">Caroline plate</a>, part of the western part is subducting under other active plates in <a href="/wiki/New_Guinea" title="New Guinea">New Guinea</a>, and it is separated from the South Bismarck plate by a <a href="/wiki/Divergent_boundary" title="Divergent boundary">divergent boundary</a> called the <b>Bismarck Seismic Sea Lineation</b> (BSSL).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The BSSL is a very seismically active area but the assigned shallow earthquakes tend to be less than magnitude 7.<sup id="cite_ref-Yang2018_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yang2018-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The plate is moving westerly along with the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_plate" title="Pacific plate">Pacific plate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Holm2016_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Holm2016-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between the plate and the <a href="/wiki/Caroline_plate" title="Caroline plate">Caroline plate</a> is the <a href="/wiki/West_Melanesian_Trench" title="West Melanesian Trench">West Melanesian Trench</a> and between the plate and the Pacific plate is the <a href="/wiki/Kilinailau_Trench" title="Kilinailau Trench">Kilinailau Trench</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Holm2016_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Holm2016-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Neither trench has good evidence for current subduction activity but were certainly historically active.<sup id="cite_ref-Holm2016_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Holm2016-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 68">: 68 </span></sup> There are a few shallow low intensity earthquakes to the south/south west of these trenches on a line of the old arc that extends from the smaller northern Admiralty Islands in the west through to <a href="/wiki/Mussau_Island" title="Mussau Island">Mussau Island</a> and beyond.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Bismarck_plate&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Papua_New_Guinea" title="List of earthquakes in Papua New Guinea">List of earthquakes in Papua New Guinea</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Bismarck_plate&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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href="/wiki/Caribbean_plate" title="Caribbean plate">Caribbean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caroline_plate" title="Caroline plate">Caroline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cocos_plate" title="Cocos plate">Cocos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_plate" title="Indian plate">Indian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nazca_plate" title="Nazca plate">Nazca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Hebrides_plate" title="New Hebrides plate">New Hebrides</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okhotsk_microplate" title="Okhotsk microplate">Okhotsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Sea_plate" title="Philippine Sea plate">Philippine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotia_plate" title="Scotia plate">Scotia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somali_plate" title="Somali plate">Somali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunda_plate" title="Sunda plate">Sunda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yangtze_plate" title="Yangtze plate">Yangtze</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_tectonic_plates#Microplates" title="List of tectonic plates">Microplates</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adriatic_plate" title="Adriatic plate">Adriatic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aegean_Sea_plate" title="Aegean Sea plate">Aegean Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anatolian_sub-plate" title="Anatolian sub-plate">Anatolian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balmoral_Reef_plate" title="Balmoral Reef plate">Balmoral Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banda_Sea_plate" title="Banda Sea plate">Banda Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bird%27s_Head_plate" title="Bird's Head plate">Bird's Head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capricorn_plate" title="Capricorn plate">Capricorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coiba_plate" title="Coiba plate">Coiba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conway_Reef_plate" title="Conway Reef plate">Conway Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Explorer_plate" title="Explorer plate">Explorer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Futuna_plate" title="Futuna plate">Futuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gal%C3%A1pagos_microplate" title="Galápagos microplate">Galápagos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gon%C3%A2ve_microplate" title="Gonâve microplate">Gonâve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorda_plate" title="Gorda plate">Gorda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenland_plate" title="Greenland plate">Greenland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halmahera_plate" title="Halmahera plate">Halmahera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iberian_plate" title="Iberian plate">Iberian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_plateau" title="Iranian plateau">Iranian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juan_de_Fuca_plate" title="Juan de Fuca plate">Juan de Fuca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juan_Fern%C3%A1ndez_plate" title="Juan Fernández plate">Juan Fernández</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerguelen_Plateau" title="Kerguelen Plateau">Kerguelen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kermadec_plate" title="Kermadec plate">Kermadec</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lwandle_plate" title="Lwandle plate">Lwandle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madagascar_plate" title="Madagascar plate">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malpelo_plate" title="Malpelo plate">Malpelo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manus_plate" title="Manus plate">Manus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maoke_plate" title="Maoke plate">Maoke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariana_plate" title="Mariana plate">Mariana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molucca_Sea_plate" title="Molucca Sea plate">Molucca Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niuafo%27ou_plate" title="Niuafo'ou plate">Niuafo’ou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Andes_plate" title="North Andes plate">North Andes</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">North Bismarck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Galapagos_microplate" title="North Galapagos microplate">North Galápagos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okinawa_plate" title="Okinawa plate">Okinawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panama_plate" title="Panama plate">Panama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pelso_plate" title="Pelso plate">Pelso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Mobile_Belt" title="Philippine Mobile Belt">Philippine Mobile Belt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rivera_plate" title="Rivera plate">Rivera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rovuma_plate" title="Rovuma plate">Rovuma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sangihe_plate" title="Sangihe plate">Sangihe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seychelles_microcontinent" title="Seychelles microcontinent">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shetland_plate" title="Shetland plate">Shetland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solomon_Sea_plate" title="Solomon Sea plate">Solomon Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Bismarck_plate" title="South Bismarck plate">South Bismarck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Sandwich_plate" title="South Sandwich plate">South Sandwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timor_plate" title="Timor plate">Timor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tisza_plate" title="Tisza plate">Tisza</a></li> <li><a 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plate">Farallon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insular_plate" title="Insular plate">Insular</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intermontane_plate" title="Intermontane plate">Intermontane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Izanagi_plate" title="Izanagi plate">Izanagi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kula_plate" title="Kula plate">Kula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lhasa_terrane" title="Lhasa terrane">Lhasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agulhas_Basin" title="Agulhas Basin">Malvinas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moa_plate" title="Moa plate">Moa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_plate" title="Phoenix plate">Phoenix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kshiroda_plate" title="Kshiroda plate">Kshiroda</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mid-ocean_ridge#List_of_mid-ocean_ridges" title="Mid-ocean ridge">Oceanic ridges</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aden_Ridge" title="Aden Ridge">Aden Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlsberg_Ridge" title="Carlsberg Ridge">Carlsberg Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Indian_Ridge" title="Central Indian Ridge">Central Indian Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chile_Ridge" title="Chile Ridge">Chile Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cocos_Ridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Cocos Ridge">Cocos Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Pacific_Rise" title="East Pacific Rise">East Pacific Rise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Explorer_Ridge" title="Explorer Ridge">Explorer Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gakkel_Ridge" title="Gakkel Ridge">Gakkel Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gal%C3%A1pagos_Islands#Geology" title="Galápagos Islands">Galápagos Spreading Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorda_Ridge" title="Gorda Ridge">Gorda Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juan_de_Fuca_Ridge" title="Juan de Fuca Ridge">Juan de Fuca Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_Ridge" title="Mid-Atlantic Ridge">Mid-Atlantic Ridge</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nikolai_Knipovich" title="Nikolai Knipovich">Knipovich Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolbeinsey_Ridge" title="Kolbeinsey Ridge">Kolbeinsey Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenland_Plain" title="Greenland Plain">Mohns Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_Ridge#Iceland" title="Mid-Atlantic Ridge">Reykjanes Ridge</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific%E2%80%93Antarctic_Ridge" title="Pacific–Antarctic Ridge">Pacific–Antarctic Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_American%E2%80%93Antarctic_Ridge" title="South American–Antarctic Ridge">South American–Antarctic Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southeast_Indian_Ridge" title="Southeast Indian Ridge">Southeast Indian Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwest_Indian_Ridge" title="Southwest Indian Ridge">Southwest Indian Ridge</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mid-ocean_ridge#List_of_ancient_oceanic_ridges" title="Mid-ocean ridge">Ancient oceanic ridges</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aegir_Ridge" title="Aegir Ridge">Aegir Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alpha_Ridge" title="Alpha Ridge">Alpha Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antarctic%E2%80%93Phoenix_Ridge" title="Antarctic–Phoenix Ridge">Antarctic–Phoenix Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kula%E2%80%93Farallon_Ridge" title="Kula–Farallon Ridge">Kula–Farallon Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid-Labrador_Ridge" title="Mid-Labrador Ridge">Mid-Labrador Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific%E2%80%93Farallon_Ridge" title="Pacific–Farallon Ridge">Pacific–Farallon Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific%E2%80%93Kula_Ridge" title="Pacific–Kula Ridge">Pacific–Kula Ridge</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div> 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plate">Philippine Sea plate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunda_plate" title="Sunda plate">Sunda plate</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Plate_tectonics#Major_plates" title="Plate tectonics">Small</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">West</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Burma_plate" title="Burma plate">Burma plate</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Philippines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Mobile_Belt" title="Philippine Mobile Belt">Philippine Mobile Belt</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Indonesia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Banda_Sea_plate" title="Banda Sea plate">Banda Sea plate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bird%27s_Head_plate" title="Bird's Head plate">Bird's Head plate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halmahera_plate" title="Halmahera plate">Halmahera plate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molucca_Sea_Collision_Zone" title="Molucca Sea Collision Zone">Molucca Sea Collision Zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molucca_Sea_plate" title="Molucca Sea plate">Molucca Sea plate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sangihe_plate" title="Sangihe plate">Sangihe plate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timor_plate" title="Timor plate">Timor plate</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">New Guinea</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maoke_plate" title="Maoke plate">Maoke plate</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">North Bismarck plate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manus_plate" title="Manus plate">Manus plate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solomon_Sea_plate" title="Solomon Sea plate">Solomon Sea plate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Bismarck_plate" title="South Bismarck plate">South Bismarck plate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trobriand_plate" title="Trobriand plate">Trobriand plate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodlark_plate" title="Woodlark plate">Woodlark plate</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Fault_(geology)" title="Fault (geology)">Faults</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flores_Back_Arc_Thrust_Fault" class="mw-redirect" title="Flores Back Arc Thrust Fault">Flores Back Arc Thrust Fault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Sumatran_fault" title="Great Sumatran fault">Great Sumatran Fault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marikina_Valley_fault_system" title="Marikina Valley fault system">Marikina Valley fault system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Britain_subduction_zone" title="New Britain subduction zone">New Britain subduction zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palu-Koro_Fault" title="Palu-Koro Fault">Palu-Koro Fault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_fault_system" title="Philippine fault system">Philippine fault system</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ramu-Markham_Fault&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ramu-Markham Fault (page does not exist)">Ramu-Markham Fault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sorong_Fault" title="Sorong Fault">Sorong Fault</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Oceanic_trench" title="Oceanic trench">Trenches</a><br />and <a href="/wiki/Trough_(geology)" title="Trough (geology)">troughs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sunda_Trench" title="Sunda Trench">Java Trench</a> (Sunda) with <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mentawai_Trough&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mentawai Trough (page does not exist)">Mentawai Trough</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sunda_Trough&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sunda Trough (page does not exist)">Sunda Trough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timor_Trough" title="Timor Trough">Timor Trough</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Philippines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cotabato_Trench" title="Cotabato Trench">Cotabato Trench</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manila_Trench" title="Manila Trench">Manila Trench</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Luzon_Trough" title="North Luzon Trough">North Luzon Trough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Negros_Trench" title="Negros Trench">Negros Trench</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palawan_Trench&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Palawan Trench (page does not exist)">Palawan Trench</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Trench" title="Philippine Trench">Philippine Trench</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Trench" title="Philippine Trench">East Luzon Trench</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sulu_Trench" title="Sulu Trench">Sulu Trench</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sulawesi and Moluccas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aru_Trough&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aru Trough (page does not exist)">Aru Trough</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Banda_Trench&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Banda Trench (page does not exist)">Banda Trench</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ceram_Trough&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ceram Trough (page does not exist)">Ceram Trough</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Salajar_Trough&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Salajar Trough (page does not exist)">Salajar Trough</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sangihe_Trough&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sangihe Trough (page does not exist)">Sangihe Trough</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talaud_Trough&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Talaud Trough (page does not exist)">Talaud Trough</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ternate_Trough&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ternate Trough (page does not exist)">Ternate Trough</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Timor</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aur_Trough&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aur Trough (page does not exist)">Aur Trough</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tanimbar_Trough&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tanimbar Trough (page does not exist)">Tanimbar Trough</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">New Guinea</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ayu_Trough&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ayu Trough (page does not exist)">Ayu Trough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilinailau_Trench" title="Kilinailau Trench">Kilinailau Trench</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manokwari_Trough&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Manokwari Trough (page does not exist)">Manokwari Trough</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lyra_Trough&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lyra Trough (page does not exist)">Lyra Trough</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mussau_Trough&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mussau Trough (page does not exist)">Mussau Trough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Guinea_Trench" title="New Guinea Trench">New Guinea Trench</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pocklington_Trough&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pocklington Trough (page does not exist)">Pocklington Trough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Britain_subduction_zone" title="New Britain subduction zone">New Britain Trench</a> (Bougainville)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Caroline_Trough&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="West Caroline Trough (page does not exist)">West Caroline Trough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Melanesian_Trench" title="West Melanesian Trench">West Melanesian Trench</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Subsea plateaus<br />and basins</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arafura_Basin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arafura Basin (page does not exist)">Arafura Basin</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aru-Tanimbar_Basin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aru-Tanimbar Basin (page does not exist)">Aru-Tanimbar Basin</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengkulu_Basin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bengkulu Basin (page does not exist)">Bengkulu Basin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benham_Plateau" class="mw-redirect" title="Benham Plateau">Benham Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bula_Basin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bula Basin (page does not exist)">Bula Basin</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=East_Natuna_Basin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="East Natuna Basin (page does not exist)">East Natuna Basin</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geelvinck_Basin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Geelvinck Basin (page does not exist)">Geelvinck (Cendrawasih) Basin</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manus_Basin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Manus Basin (page does not exist)">Manus Basin</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minahasa_Basin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Minahasa Basin (page does not exist)">Minahasa Basin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Australian_Basin" title="North Australian Basin">North Australian Basin</a></li> <li><a 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