How deep is the ocean?
The deepest part of the ocean is called the Challenger Deep and is located beneath the western Pacific Ocean in the southern end of the Mariana Trench, which runs several hundred kilometers southwest of the U.S. territorial island of Guam. Challenger Deep is approximately 36,200 feet deep.
How many meters deep is the ocean?
The deepest part of the ocean is called the Challenger Deep and is located beneath the western Pacific Ocean in the southern end of the Mariana Trench, which runs several hundred kilometers southwest of the U.S. territorial island of Guam. Challenger Deep is approximately 36,200 feet deep.
How deep is the Atlantic Ocean?
Milwaukee Depth, deepest point in the Atlantic Ocean, lying at a depth of 27,493 feet (8,380 m) about 100 miles (160 km) northwest of the island of Puerto Rico.
How deep is the Challenger Deep?
The Challenger Deep is the deepest known point in the Earth's seabed hydrosphere, with a depth of 10,898 to 10,916 m (35,755 to 35,814 ft) by direct measurement from submersibles, and slightly more by sonar bathymetry. It is in the Pacific Ocean, at the southern end of the Mariana Trench near the Mariana Islands group.
How much of the ocean is deep sea?
Deep below the ocean's surface is a mysterious world that takes up 95% of Earth's living space. It could hide 20 Washington Monuments stacked on top of each other. But the deep sea remains largely unexplored. Dive down 650 feet (one monument or 200 meters), and you notice that light starts fading rapidly.
How many miles is the deepest part of the ocean?
The deepest part of the ocean is in the Mariana Trench (sometimes called the Marianas Trench), located in the western Pacific Ocean. At its deepest part, it's just under 7 miles (6.831 miles / 10.994 km / 10,994 meters) deep.
How deep is the Mariana Trench in miles?
The Sirena Deep, which lies 124 miles (200 kilometers) to the east of Challenger Deep, is a bruising 35,462 feet deep (10,809 m). By comparison, Mount Everest stands at 29,026 feet (8,848 m) above sea level, meaning the deepest part of the Mariana Trench is 7,044 feet (2,147 m) deeper than Everest is tall.
Where is the deep ocean located?
The deep sea biome occurs in that part of the ocean and seafloor beyond the continental shelves. It covers 65 percent of the planet's surface and reaches depths of -650 ft to -36,198 ft at the bottom of the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench.
Which is the deepest ocean in the world?
How deep is 11 000 meters?
Deepest Oceans & Seas
Pacific Ocean (35,837 ft) (10,924 meters)
Atlantic Ocean (30,246 ft) (9,219 meters)
Indian Ocean (24,460 ft) (7,455 meters)
Southern Ocean (23,737 ft) (7,236 meters)
Caribbean Sea (22,788 ft) (6,946 meters)
Arctic Ocean (18,456 ft) (5,625 meters)
South China Sea (16,456 ft) (5,016 meters)
Bering Sea (15,659 ft) (4,773 meters)
Mediterranean Sea (15,197 ft) (4,632 meters)
Gulf of Mexico (12,425 ft) (3,787 meters)
Ocean Sizes and more
Planet Earth:
Surface Area of the Planet (510,066,000 sq km)
Land Area on the Planet (148,647,000 sq km) 29.1%
Ocean Area (335,258,000 sq km)
Total Water Area (361,419,000 sq km) 70.9%
Type of Water (97% salt), (3% fresh)
To convert sq km (kilometers) to sq miles,
multiply kilometers by: 0.386102
The surface of the planet is approximately 71% water and contains (5) five oceans, including the Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific and Southern. Their borders are indicated on the world image (above) in varied shades of blue.
For many years only (4) four oceans were officially recognized, and then in the spring of 2000, the International Hydrographic Organization established the Southern Ocean, and determined its limits. Those limits include all water below 60 degrees south, and some of it, like the Arctic Ocean, is frozen.
The 5 Oceans by Size
Pacific (168,723,000 sq km) larger map
Atlantic (85,133,000 sq km) larger map
Indian (70,560,000 sq km) larger map
Southern (21,960,000 sq km) larger map
Arctic (15,558,000 sq km) larger map
Greatest Depths in the Ocean
Mariana Trench, Pacific 35,827 ft
Puerto Rico Trench, Atlantic 30,246 ft
Java Trench, Indian 24,460 ft
Arctic Basin, Arctic 18,456 ft
Southern Ocean, 23,737 ft
Planet Earth Details
Surface Area of the Planet (510,066,000 sq km)
Land Area on the Planet (148,647,000 sq km) 29.1%
Ocean Area (335,258,000 sq km)
Total Water Area (361,419,000 sq km) 70.9%
Type of Water (97% salt), (3% fresh)
To convert sq km (kilometers) to sq miles, multiply kilometers by: 0.386102
