Kilinailai Trench

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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 Manus Trench, marks the boundary between the Caroline Plate and North Bismarck Plates.

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v t e Tectonic plates of Southeast Asia-New Guinea (Australian Plate-Pacific Plate Convergence Zone)

Large	Sunda Plate · Philippine Sea Plate · Caroline Plate

Small	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

Faults	Philippine Fault System · Sorong Fault · Ramu-Markham Fault · Great Sumatran fault · New Britain Subduction Zone

Trenches and troughs	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	Benham Plateau · Weber Basin · North Australian Basin

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