Kilinailai Trench

Kilinailai Trench is a trench delineating the oceanic boundary between the Pacific Plate and North Bismarck Plates, in Papua New Guinea.^[1] The Manus Trench, which looks as if it is a western continuation of the Kilinailai Trench, marks the boundary between the Caroline Plate and North Bismarck Plates.

References

West:	Burma Plate

Philippines:	Philippine Mobile Belt

Indonesia:	Banda Sea Plate Molucca Sea Collision Zone Bird's Head Plate Halmahera Plate Sangihe Plate Timor Plate

New Guinea:	Maoke Plate Woodlark Plate North Bismarck Plate South Bismarck Plate Manus Plate Solomon Sea Plate

Java Trench (Sunda) with Mentawai Trough Sunda Trough Timor Trough

Philippines:	North Luzon Trough Manila Trench Philippine Trench Cotabato Trench East Luzon Trench Sulu Trench Negros Trench Palawan Trench

Moluccas:	Banda Trench Ceram Trough Ternate Trough Talaud Trough Sangihe Trough Salajar Trough Ayu Trough West Caroline Trough

Timor:	Aur Trough Tanimbar Trough

New Guinea:	Kilinailai Trench Manus Trench New Guinea Trench Manokwari Trough West Melanesian Trench Lyra Trough Mussau Trench New Britain Trench (Bougainville) Pocklington Trough

Subsea plateaus and basins

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