GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The deepest parts of the ocean are found in trenches-at more than 35, 000 feet (nearly 11, 000 meters), Challenger Deep is a part of the Mariana Trench, where the Pacific Plate is subducting beneath the Philippine Plate.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ocean trenches are long, narrow depressions on the seafloor. These chasms are the deepest parts of the ocean-and some of the deepest natural spots on Earth.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Mariana Trench, in the Pacific Ocean, is the deepest location on Earth. According to the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), the United States has jurisdiction over the trench and its resources. Scientists use a variety of technologies to overcome the challenges of deep-sea exploration and explore the Trench.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Mariana Trench sits nearly 11, 000 meters (7 miles) below sea level in the Pacific Ocean, where very few large animals are found. It’s too cold and dark for most. However, new robotic technology is allowing researchers to explore the relatively barren environment, long thought too harsh for any life to exist at all.

Detailed explanation-5: -Challenger Deep lies at the southern end of the Mariana Trench near the Mariana Islands. Various measurements have been taken of the ocean’s depth at Challenger Deep, but it is usually described as 11, 000 meters deep, or 6.84 miles beneath the ocean’s surface.