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Detailed explanation-1: -The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of the world ocean basins . Covering approximately 63 million square miles and containing more than half of the free water on Earth, the Pacific is by far the largest of the world’s ocean basins.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the Pacific Ocean, somewhere between Guam and the Philippines, lies the Marianas Trench, also known as the Mariana Trench. At 35, 814 feet below sea level, its bottom is called the Challenger Deep-the deepest point known on Earth.

Detailed explanation-3: -The region is created by two tectonic plates intersecting, creating a zone of subduction, where one plate goes under the other. The largest plate, the Pacific plate, dips under the Indo-Australian plate, creating the deep trench as it travels down.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.