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Challenger Deep

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Etymology

Named after the British Royal Navy survey ship HMS Challenger, whose expedition of 1872–1876 made the first recordings of its depth.

Definitions

  1. A deep in Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean

    A deep in Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean; a point in the Mariana Trench, known as the deepest point in the world's oceans.

    • The deepest sounding in the Pacific is 31,614 feet, known as the Challenger deep, sometimes called the Nero deep, south of the Ladrone Islands, and lacks only 66 feet of being 6 miles in depth.

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