The Deepest Parts Of The Ocean Floor Are

Continental shelf 300 feet continental slope 300 10 000 feet abyssal plain 10 000 feet abyssal hill 3 000 feet up from the abyssal plain seamount 6 000 feet.

The deepest parts of the ocean floor are.

This trench s southern end features a small valley that has been named the challenger deep and at 36 201 ft it s the deepest place on the planet. It is crescent shaped and measures about 2 550 km 1 580 mi in length and 69 km 43 mi in width. The challenger deep in the mariana trench is the deepest known point in earth s oceans. The deepest part of the ocean floor is the marianas trench near the philippines in the pacific ocean.

The maximum known depth is 10 984 metres 36 037 ft 25 metres 82 ft 6 825 miles at the southern end of a. For scale if mount everest the highest point on earth were dropped into challenger deep its summit would still not breach the surface. It is almost seven miles deep or about 35 000 feet. The oceans deepest area is the mariana trench also called the marianas trench which is in the western part of the pacific ocean.

The trench is 1 554 miles long and 44 miles wide or 120 times larger than the grand canyon. This graphic shows several ocean floor features on a scale from 0 35 000 feet below sea level. The following features are shown at example depths to scale though each feature has a considerable range at which it may occur. The mariana trench or marianas trench is located in the western pacific ocean about 200 kilometres 124 mi east of the mariana islands.

It s in the western pacific ocean about 124 mi east of the mariana islands and is approximately 1 580 mi long and 43 mi wide. The rest of the ocean floor varies in depth. It is the deepest oceanic trench on earth. Deepest point in the world s oceans.