The Mariana Trench is located in the Pacific Ocean, just east of the 14 Mariana Islands (11"21' North latitude and 142" 12' East longitude ) near Japan.
It is the deepest part of the earth's oceans, and the deepest location of the earth itself. It was created by ocean-to-ocean subduction, a phenomena in which a plate topped by oceanic crust is subducted beneath another plate topped by oceanic crust.
In order to better illustrate the actual depth of the Mariana Trench, consider the following; if Mount Everest, which is the tallest point on earth at 8,850 meters (29,035 feet), were set in the Mariana Trench, there would still be 2,183 meters (7,166 feet) of water left above it.
The Mariana Trench is 2, 542 km (1,580 miles) long and 69 km (43 miles) wide.
The Mariana Trench is 11,033 meters (36,201 feet), (6033.5) fathoms deep.
The Pressure at the deepest part of the Mariana Trench is over 8 tons per square inch.
It is the deepest part of the earth's oceans, and the deepest location of the earth itself. It was created by ocean-to-ocean subduction, a phenomena in which a plate topped by oceanic crust is subducted beneath another plate topped by oceanic crust.
In order to better illustrate the actual depth of the Mariana Trench, consider the following; if Mount Everest, which is the tallest point on earth at 8,850 meters (29,035 feet), were set in the Mariana Trench, there would still be 2,183 meters (7,166 feet) of water left above it.
The Mariana Trench is 2, 542 km (1,580 miles) long and 69 km (43 miles) wide.
The Mariana Trench is 11,033 meters (36,201 feet), (6033.5) fathoms deep.
The Pressure at the deepest part of the Mariana Trench is over 8 tons per square inch.