Challenger Deep

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geographical location oceanic trench feature undersea depression

Challenger Deep is the deepest known point in Earth's oceans, located in the western Pacific Ocean within the Mariana Trench.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench 1
Mariana Trench Challenger Deep region 1
support surveys of extreme ocean depths such as Challenger Deep 1

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical location ⓘ
oceanic trench feature ⓘ
undersea depression ⓘ
countryClosestTo Federated States of Micronesia ⓘ
Guam ⓘ
depthFeetApprox 35700 ⓘ
35800 ⓘ
depthMetresApprox 10900 ⓘ
10920 ⓘ
discoveredBy HMS Challenger ⓘ
surface form: HMS Challenger expedition
discoveryYearApprox 1875 ⓘ
firstCrewedDescentBy Don Walsh ⓘ
Jacques Piccard ⓘ
firstCrewedDescentVehicle bathyscaphe Trieste ⓘ
firstCrewedDescentYear 1960 ⓘ
firstSoundingDepthMetresApprox 8184 ⓘ
firstSoundingMethod sounding line ⓘ
formedBy subduction of Pacific Plate beneath Mariana Plate ⓘ
hasBiologicalFinding presence of amphipods ⓘ
presence of microbial life ⓘ
hasExplorationMethod crewed submersible descent ⓘ
echo sounding ⓘ
multibeam sonar ⓘ
uncrewed lander descent ⓘ
hasGeomorphologicalType oceanic trench bottom ⓘ
hasLatitudeApprox 11.35°N ⓘ
hasLongitudeApprox 142.2°E ⓘ
hasMaximumPressureMPaApprox 1100 ⓘ
hasMaximumPressureTimesAtmosphericApprox 1100 ⓘ
hasPollutionFinding microplastics detected in sediments ⓘ
persistent organic pollutants detected ⓘ
hasRegion southern end of Mariana Trench ⓘ
hasTemperatureCelsiusApprox 1 ⓘ
2 ⓘ
is deepest known point in Earth’s oceans ⓘ
isPartOf Mariana subduction zone ⓘ
surface form: Mariana subduction system
isSuperlativeFor maximum ocean depth on Earth ⓘ
locatedIn Earth ⓘ
Mariana Trench ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
western Pacific Ocean ⓘ
multipleDescentsBy Victor Vescovo ⓘ
multipleDescentsVehicle DSV Limiting Factor ⓘ
namedAfter HMS Challenger ⓘ
oceanBasin Pacific Ocean ⓘ
surface form: North Pacific Ocean
partOf hadal zone ⓘ
secondSoloCrewedDescentBy James Cameron ⓘ
secondSoloCrewedDescentVehicle DSV Deepsea Challenger ⓘ
secondSoloCrewedDescentYear 2012 ⓘ
surveyedBy HMS Challenger ⓘ
RV Falkor ⓘ
RV Kairei ⓘ
RV Kilo Moana ⓘ
surface form: RV Ka‘imikai-O-Kanaloa

RV Kilo Moana ⓘ
RV Sonne ⓘ
RV Thomas G. Thompson ⓘ
RV Vityaz ⓘ
RV Yokosuka ⓘ
visitedByVessel DSV Deepsea Challenger ⓘ
DSV Limiting Factor ⓘ
Fendouzhe submersible ⓘ
ROV Kaikō ⓘ
surface form: Kaiko ROV

ROV Kaikō ⓘ
surface form: Nereus hybrid ROV

bathyscaphe Trieste ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brownson Deep → comparedTo → Challenger Deep ⓘ
subject surface form: Horizon Deep
Horizon Deep → comparedTo → Challenger Deep ⓘ
RV Vityaz → conductedSurveyOf → Challenger Deep ⓘ
Mariana Trench → contains → Challenger Deep ⓘ
DSV Deepsea Challenger → diveSite → Challenger Deep ⓘ
this entity surface form: Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench
Don Walsh → explored → Challenger Deep ⓘ
Jacques Piccard → exploredLocation → Challenger Deep ⓘ
bathyscaphe Trieste → firstCrewedDescentTo → Challenger Deep ⓘ
DSV Deepsea Challenger → firstSoloDiveTo → Challenger Deep ⓘ
Mariana subduction zone → hasFeature → Challenger Deep ⓘ
RV Thomas G. Thompson → hasMission → Challenger Deep ⓘ
this entity surface form: support surveys of extreme ocean depths such as Challenger Deep
bathyscaphe Trieste → locationOfRecordDive → Challenger Deep ⓘ
Mariana Trench → maximumDepthLocation → Challenger Deep ⓘ
Mariana volcanic arc → maximumDepthNearby → Challenger Deep ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mariana Trench Challenger Deep region
DSV Deepsea Challenger → namedAfter → Challenger Deep ⓘ
HMS Challenger → notableDiscovery → Challenger Deep ⓘ
subject surface form: Fendouzhe
DSV Limiting Factor → operatesIn → Challenger Deep ⓘ
DSV Deepsea Challenger → reachedLocation → Challenger Deep ⓘ
ROV Kaikō → reachedLocation → Challenger Deep ⓘ
DSV Deepsea Challenger → relatedTo → Challenger Deep ⓘ