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20 lip 2022 · The Mariana Trench is the deepest trench in the world, located in the western Pacific Ocean near Guam and the Mariana Islands. The deepest part of the trench is named Challenger Deep after the British ship HMS Challenger , whose crew first sounded, or measured seafloor depth, in 1875.
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25 kwi 2017 · The trench is created when one of the plates slides below the lithospheric slab. Generally, oceanic trenches reach between 1.9 and 2.5 miles below the nearby ocean floor. This article takes a look at some of the deepest oceanic trenches in the world.
29 lis 2023 · Ocean trenches are found in every ocean basin on the planet, although the deepest ocean trenches ring the Pacific as part of the so-cal led “ Ring of Fire ” that also includes active volcanoes and earthquake zones.
There are about 50,000 km (31,000 mi) of oceanic trenches worldwide, mostly around the Pacific Ocean, but also in the eastern Indian Ocean and a few other locations. The greatest ocean depth measured is in the Challenger Deep of the Mariana Trench , at a depth of 10,994 m (36,070 ft) below sea level .
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The Mariana Trench is an oceanic trench located in the western Pacific Ocean, about 200 kilometres (124 mi) east of the Mariana Islands; it is the deepest oceanic trench on Earth. It is crescent-shaped and measures about 2,550 km (1,580 mi) in length and 69 km (43 mi) in width.
10 maj 2021 · The key locations where the seafloor bottoms out in the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic and Southern oceans were mapped by the Five Deeps Expedition.
