Perhaps the most intriguing of these features is the Mariana Trench — a chasm in the western Pacific Ocean that spans more than 1,580 miles (2,540 kilometers) and is home to the Challenger Deep ...

The whole feature was created by the Pacific Ocean tectonic plate plunging beneath ... is around 1,100 times that at sea level. The Challenger Deep is so named because it was first surveyed ...

In the Atlantic Ocean, the Puerto Rico Trench ... narrow valley known as the Challenger Deep. It is named for the 1951 expedition that first recorded its depth—an astounding 36,201 feet ...

Challenger Deep, the lowest point in the deepest canyon ... Watson/United States Geological Survey The Pacific Ocean is riven with oceanic trenches 3-4 km deeper than the ocean bottom that they ...

As a marine geographer, she is interested in the "rocks and the motion at the bottom of the ocean." Sponsor Message Challenger Deep is in the Pacific Ocean inside of the Marina Trench. It's just ...

Researchers have dated back the oldest rocks of the Pacific Ocean 200 million years, according to the National Ocean Service. The Challenger Deep is the deepest part of the Ocean, found in the ...