Milwaukee Deep

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Milwaukee Deep is the deepest known point in the Atlantic Ocean, located within the Puerto Rico Trench.


Statements (30)
Predicate Object
instanceOf deepest point
oceanic trench feature
coordinateSystem geographic coordinates
countryClosestTo Dominican Republic
Puerto Rico
depthRanking deepest point in the Atlantic Ocean
one of the deepest points in the world ocean
discoveredBy USS Milwaukee
discoveryMethod sounding
featureOf Puerto Rico Trench
geologicalSetting subduction zone
hasEnvironment hadal zone
isPartOf Earth’s oceanic trenches network
isUnder international waters jurisdiction
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Puerto Rico Trench
northern Caribbean region
northwestern Atlantic Ocean
maximumDepthFeet 27480
maximumDepthMetres 8376
namedAfter USS Milwaukee
nameLanguage English
nearbyIsland Hispaniola
Puerto Rico
oceanBasin Atlantic Ocean
oceanRegion North Atlantic Ocean
partOf Atlantic Ocean seafloor
Puerto Rico Trench
tectonicPlateBoundary boundary between Caribbean Plate and North American Plate
waterColumnZone abyssal-hadal transition

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Puerto Rico Trench
contains
USS Milwaukee
namesakeOf
USS Milwaukee
surveyed

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