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Mindanao Trench

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Mindanao Trench 

(also Philippine Trench), a submarine depression in the Pacific Ocean, at the base of the eastern slopes of the mountains whose tops form the Philippine Islands. The Mindanao Trench extends 1,330 km from southern Luzon to Halmahera. The maximum depth is 10,265 m. The trench is asymmetric; the slope on the side of the island arc is steeper than that on the side of the ocean bed. The bottom is flat and measures approximately 1 km in width.
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According to Major Tom/June 17, 2008, (Deuterium: The White Gold of the Philippines, The Economy Science and Technology), "the Philippines is identified to hold the greatest amount of deuterium deposit, somewhere in the area known as Mindanao Trench, the part of the Pacific Ocean just off the shores of Surigao.
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