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The Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean,

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2007-06-02 06:40:06 · answer #1 · answered by jpbofohio 6 · 5 0

The Mariana Trench is located in the Pacific Ocean, just east of the 14 Mariana Islands (11"21' North latitude and 142" 12' East longitude ) near Japan. It is the deepest part of the earth's oceans, and the deepest location of the earth itself. It was created by ocean-to-ocean subduction, a phenomena in which a plate topped by oceanic crust is subducted beneath another plate topped by oceanic crust.

The deepest part of the Mariana Trench is the Challenger Deep, so named after the exploratory vessel HMS Challenger II; a fishing boat converted into a sea lab by Swiss scientist Jacques Piccard.

2007-06-02 13:50:52 · answer #2 · answered by startrektosnewenterpriselovethem 6 · 0 0

Challenger Deep got its name from the British survey ship Challenger II, which pinpointed the deep water off the Marianas Islands in 1951. Then in 1960, the US Navy sent the Trieste (a submersible - a mini-submarine designed to go really deep) down into the depths of the Marianas trench to see just how far they would go (read the original press release). They touched bottom at 35,838 ft/10,923m. That means, while they were parked on the bottom in the bathyscaphe, there were almost seven miles/11km of water over their heads!

2007-06-02 13:46:40 · answer #3 · answered by ironduke8159 7 · 0 0

Marianas Trench in the Pacific Ocean. It is 10,911 m or 35,797 ft deep. That would swallow Mount Everest!

2007-06-02 13:47:50 · answer #4 · answered by Crystal D 2 · 1 0

dont know the location but i believe its like 7 miles deep in one place

2007-06-02 13:41:55 · answer #5 · answered by villi_valo05 1 · 0 0

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