How deep is Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench in miles?

The maximum known depth is 10,984 meters (36,037 ft) (± 25 meters [82 ft]) (6,825 miles) at the southern end of a small slot-shaped valley at its bottom known as Challenger Deep. However, some unrepeated measurements place the deepest part at 11,034 meters (36,201 ft).

How many people have been in the Mariana Trench Challenger Deep?

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While thousands of climbers have successfully reached Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth, only two people have descended to the planet's deepest point, the Challenger Deep in the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench.

What is the depth of Challenger Deep?

Located on the floor of the Pacific Ocean, this is a valley on the southern part of the Mariana Trench. The Mariana Trench is a 43-mile-wide crescent-shaped region on the floor of the Pacific Ocean. Challenger Deep has a depth of approximately 36,070 feet (with an error of +/- 130 feet).

Where is the Challenger Deep Trough in the Mariana Trench?

Challenger Deep Trough in the Mariana Trench near Micronesia. Image courtesy of NOAA. Download larger version (1.8 MB). In 2015, NOAA and partner scientists deployed a hydrophone to a depth of 10,971 meters (6.71 miles) in the Challenger Deep trough in the Mariana Trench near Micronesia.

What is the deepest point in the Mariana Trench?

The trench's deepest point is Challenger Deep, which according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is 36,200 feet or about 11 kilometers in depth. Challenger Deep is about 200 miles southwest of Guam, a US overseas territory.

When did the Japanese probe reach the Mariana Trench?

On June 3, 2008, the Japanese deep-sea robot ABISMO (Automatic Bottom Inspection and Sampling Mobile) reached the bottom of the Mariana Trench about 150 km (93 mi) east of the Challenger Deep and collected core samples of the deep-sea sediment and water samples of the water column.