Scientifically speaking, the deepest part of the ocean
refers to the maximum depth of a point
that can be accessed or defined.
Every such deepest part of the ocean
is referred to as deep trenches.
Known as the hadal zone,
the very bottom of the deepest part of the ocean is a
result of plunging trenches
created by shifting tectonic plates.
Currently, there are 46 hadal habitats
across the oceans and humans know
very little about these regions
since it’s very difficult to study these parts of the oceans.
Here is a list of ten such points that
mark the deepest parts of oceans.
It is located around 160 km
off the coast of Peru and Chile
in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
The trench has a maximum depth of 8,06 km
below the sea level.
The deepest point of the trench is known as
Richards Deep.
It is located at 100 km to the east of
South Sandwich Islands in the southern Atlantic Ocean.
This deep trench runs for over 956 km, .
making it one of the most
noticeable trenches of the world
At a depth of about 8.42 km,
described as Meteor Deep, it is also associated
with an active volcanic arc.
Located between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic
Ocean, the Puerto Rico trench marks the deepest point
in this region and the eighth deepest point
found on the earth’s surface.
This trench has been responsible for
many tragic tsunamis and earthquake
activities in this region.
the Puerto Rico trench at a depth of 8.64 km
and measures a length of over 800 km
Another deep submarine trench located east
of the Japanese islands, Japan trench is part
of the Pacific Ring of Fire in the northern Pacific Ocean.
It has a maximum depth of 9 km.
The Japan Trench is responsible for disastrous
megathrust earthquakes that has
struck japan in the past years.
This trench is Located in the western Pacific Ocean.
Also known as Izu-Bonin Trench
this deep trench stretches from Japan to the northern
section of Mariana Trench and it is also
an extension of the Japan Trench.
the Izu-Ogasawara Trench has a maximum
depth of 9.78km
Another submarine trench which lies on the floor
of the South Pacific Ocean, the Kermadec Trench
stretches for about 1,000 km.
Formed by the subduction of the Pacific plate
under the Indo-Australian Plate,
the Kermadec Trench has a maximum
depth of 10.04 km.
The trench is also home for a variety of species
including a species of giant amphipod,
which measures approximately 34 cm in length
Another deepest part of the ocean
which belongs to the Pacific Ocean
is the Kuril Kamchatka trench,
Lying close to Kuril Island
and off the coast of Kamchatka,
this trench is responsible for a number of oceans bed
volcanic activities in the region.
this trench lies at a considerable.
depth of 10.5 km below sea level
This submarine trench is located in the Philippine Sea,
spreads in a length of 1,320km
and with a width of 30km in the east of Philippines.
The Philippine trench is 10.54 km below sea level.
Located in the south-west Pacific Ocean
and at the Kermadec Tonga Subduction Zone’s
northern end
The deepest point in the toga trench
is known as the Horizon Deep
It is onsidered to be the second deepest point on earth
after the Challenger.
The Tonga Trench lies around
10.882 km below sea lev
Located in the western Pacific Ocean,
the Marina Trench is considered to be
the deepest part of the Earth’s surface.
the trench measures around 2,550 km long,
69 km wide on average and has
a maximum depth of 10.91 km at the Challenger Deep.
If we compare the Mariana trench
with the Mt Everest, you ill see that
the depth of the trench is larger
than that of the height of Mt. Everest.
Among all the features that oceans offer,
it’s the very depth of these water bodies
that makes them so enchanting.
Indeed, the ocean is deep and the average
depth of the oceans and seas
surrounding the continents is around 3.5km.