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Mariana Trench, deep-sea trench in the floor of the western North Pacific Ocean, the deepest such trench known on Earth, located mostly east as well as south of the Mariana Islands. It is part of the western Pacific system of oceanic trenches coinciding with subduction zones —points where two adjacent tectonic plates collide, one being forced ...
- Jacques Piccard
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- Jacques Piccard
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.
13 lip 2016 · An enteropneust (or acorn worm) leaving a characteristic fecal coil on the seafloor in Sirena Canyon, one of the deepest spots in the Marianas Trench, beginning at a depth of 4983m. Photo Credit: Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas.
Mariana Trench Map. Image courtesy of NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas. Download larger version (jpg, 521 KB). Map showing the locations of the Mariana Trench Map, Volcanic Arc, and back-arc spreading center and remnant arc. Learn more.
Figure 2: Map showing the locations of the Mariana Trench (white dashed line), Volcanic Arc (yellow dashed line), and back-arc spreading center (red line) and remnant arc (black dashed line). Image courtesy of Bill Chadwick. Download image (jpg, 279 KB).
It is the deepest trench in the world’s deepest ocean, and now scientists have a new map of it. Using sound waves, scientists have pierced the lightless depths of the western Pacific Ocean and drawn a new picture of the Mariana Trench.
Map showing the locations of the Mariana Trench Map, Volcanic Arc, and back-arc spreading center and remnant arc.
