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Marianas trench, Marianas trough, or Marianas deep (mâr'ēăn`əz), elongated depression on the Pacific Ocean floor, 210 mi (338 km) SW of Guam. It is the deepest (35,798.6 ft/10,911.5 m at the Challenger Deep) known depression on the earth's surface. A U.S. navy bathyscape reached its bottom in 1960; a 1995 Japanese probe made what is probably the most accurate measurement of its depth. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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6 The DEEPEST point on earth, the Marianas Trench, is located more than 35,000 feet down at the bottom of the -- Ocean, just east of --. In 1960, Auguste's son, Jacques, took a super submarine called a bathyscaph (after the Greek for ``deep boat'') to the bottom of the Marianas Trench in the Pacific - the deepest point on the earth's surface. The deepest point in the Pacific Ocean is believed to be the Marianas Trench at approximately 36,160 feet deep. |
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