Richards Deep

E301767

Richards Deep is the deepest known point in the Atacama Trench in the southeastern Pacific Ocean.

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Richards Deep canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf oceanic trench point
undersea geographic feature
alsoKnownAs Richards Deep in Atacama Trench
countryOffshoreFrom Chile
Peru
discoveredBy HMS Egeria
discoveryMethod sounding
discoveryYear 1885
environmentType hadal environment
featureType deepest point of trench
hasCoordinateSystem geographic coordinates
hasWaterBody Pacific Ocean seawater
is deepest known point in the Atacama Trench
isDeeperThan abyssal plain of southeast Pacific
average depth of Atacama Trench
isPartOf Peru–Chile Trench region
surface form: Peru–Chile Trench system
isSiteOf deep-sea biological studies
geophysical research
locatedIn Atacama Trench
Pacific Ocean
Southeastern Pacific Ocean
surface form: southeastern Pacific Ocean
maximumDepthFeet 26500
maximumDepthMetres 8081
~8080
namedAfter George Richards
nearPlateBoundary Nazca Plate
South American Plate
oceanRegion Southeast Pacific Basin
partOf hadal zone
pressureAtBottomBars >800
tectonicSetting subduction zone
temperatureRangeCelsius 1–4

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Atacama Trench lowestPointName Richards Deep