Deepest Spot On The Ocean Floor

It is the deepest oceanic trench on earth.

Deepest spot on the ocean floor.

The deepest oceanic trench in the world is the mariana trench. It is crescent shaped and measures about 2 550 km 1 580 mi in length and 69 km 43 mi in width. It s in the western pacific ocean about 124 mi east of the mariana islands and is approximately 1 580 mi long and 43 mi wide. The challenger deep in the mariana trench is the deepest known point in earth s oceans.

The crew of the specialized deep sea craft identified this remarkable spot in december of 1952. Darker blues represent deeper spots. The maximum known depth is 10 984 metres 36 037 ft 25 metres 82 ft 6 825 miles at the southern end of a. Darker blues represent deeper spots.

Geographical activities created deep trenches beneath the ocean that thousands of feet in. 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. This image of the challenger deep in the mariana trench the deepest spot on earth was made using sound waves counched off the sea floor. The mariana trench or marianas trench is located in the western pacific ocean about 200 kilometres 124 mi east of the mariana islands.

Measuring the greatest ocean depth.