About Philippine Trench: The Philippine Trench sits right beside one of the world's largest island nations. Its deepest spot, the Emden Deep, is named after a ship that helped measure it. It is one of only a handful of trenches that reach more than 10,000 m deep. Its deepest point is almost as deep as the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench, just a couple of meters — less

Location: Western Pacific Ocean, east of the Philippine islands · Maximum Depth: About 10,540 m (34,580 ft) at the Emden Deep · Ocean: Pacific Ocean · Deepest Point: The Emden Deep · Length: Around 1,320 km (820 mi) long · Formation: Formed where the Philippine Sea Plate meets the Sunda Plate · Marine Life: Deep-sea species live in its cold, dark waters · Region: Runs close to the many islands of the Philippines · World Rank: The fourth-deepest ocean trench on Earth