The Deepest Part Of The Ocean Floor
The challenger deep is the deepest known point in the earth s seabed hydrosphere the oceans with a depth of 10 902 to 10 929 m 35 768 to 35 856 ft by direct measurement from deep diving submersibles remotely operated vehicles and benthic landers and sometimes slightly more by sonar bathymetry.
The deepest part of the ocean floor. Starting from land a trip across an ocean basin along the seafloor would begin with crossing the continental shelf. It reaches between 35 755 and 36 197 feet. In 2010 the united states center for coastal ocean mapping measured the depth of the challenger deep at 10 994 meters 36 070 feet below sea level with an estimated vertical accuracy of 40 meters.
The deepest known point is nearly 7 miles below the surface. Challenger deep the deepest point in the mariana trench which is itself the deepest part of the ocean is therefore the deepest point on earth more than 36 000 feet below the ocean s surface. The challenger deep in the mariana trench is the deepest known point in earth s oceans.
The trench is 1 554 miles long and 44 miles wide or 120 times larger than the grand canyon. The deepest part of the ocean floor is the marianas trench near the philippines in the pacific ocean. It is crescent shaped and measures about 2 550 km in length and 69 km in width.
Plate tectonics and the ocean floor. The pacific ocean has around 50 000km of convergent plate margins and most of the deepest point located around this place. If mount everest were placed into.
The tonga trench is the second deepest site in the ocean floor at 35 702 feet below the level of the sea. The challenger deep is the deepest spot in the ocean floor. It is almost seven miles deep or about 35 000 feet.
The four deepest oceanic trenches in the world challenger deep. It is the deepest oceanic trench on earth. Deepest point in the world s oceans the oceans deepest area is the mariana trench also called the marianas trench which is in the western part of the pacific ocean.