How Deep is the Ocean?

Have you ever wondered, how deep is the ocean?  This video answers that really well. Then we’ll provide some info about deepest part, the Mariana Trench.

Ever wondered, how deep is the ocean?

Picture Mount Everest upside down…and that’ll get you partially the way there. The below video explains.

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The ocean is mind-numbingly deep – the ocean is 14,000 feet deep.

Here’s a great info-graphic, with some highlights below.Enjoy!

The Titanic is currently 12,500 feet down

 Mariana Trench – the deepest part of the ocean

He spent several million dollars on the sub, called Deepsea Challenger, which needed to withstand pressures of at least eight tons per square inch.

The feat equaled the 1960 record set by Don Walsh and the late Jacques Piccard, and the movie director became the first to solo to the earth’s deepest point.

The Mariana Trench is located just northeast of Indonesia.

The Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench – the deepest point in the ocean

Here’s more info:

The world’s deepest point in the oceans is the Challenger Deep which is found within the Marianas Trench. The Marianas Trench is a depression (deep cracks) in the floor of the western Pacific Ocean. Marianas Trench is formed (as other ocean trenches) as a result of the oceanic plate being pushed against a continental plate whereby causing the oceanic plate to pushed downward making deep fissure. Its location is east of the Mariana Islands and is 1,554 miles long and averages 44 miles wide (see diagrams below). The Marianas Trench depth is 36,200 feet (11,033 m or 11.03 km).

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I certainly haven’t gone diving this far! However, I’ve had some awesome diving experiences. I’ve gone diving with sharks without a cage, thresher sharks, and swimming with whale sharks in the Philippines.