Deepest point in the world s oceans the oceans deepest area is the mariana trench also called the marianas trench which is in the western part of the pacific ocean.
Deepest ocean floor feet.
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.
The challenger deep is the deepest spot in the ocean floor.
It reaches between 35 755 and 36 197 feet below the nearby surface of the seabed depending on how it is measured either by sonar bathymetry or submersibles.
In 2010 the united states center for coastal ocean mapping measured the depth of the challenger deep at 10 994 meters 36 070 feet below sea level with an estimated vertical accuracy of 40 meters.
The maximum known depth is 10 984 metres 36 037 ft 25 metres 82 ft 6 825 miles at the southern end of a small slot shaped valley in its floor known as the challenger deep.
It is crescent shaped and measures about 2 550 km 1 580 mi in length and 69 km 43 mi in width.
Challenger deep is approximately 36 200 feet deep.
Territorial island of guam.
The average depth of the ocean is about 12 100 feet.
The deepest known point is nearly 7 miles below the surface.
Geographical activities created deep trenches beneath the ocean that thousands of feet in depth which could part of the deepest point.