Don Walsh
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Don Walsh is an American oceanographer and former U.S. Navy officer best known for co-piloting the bathyscaphe Trieste on the first crewed descent to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in 1960.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. Navy officer
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explorer ⓘ human ⓘ oceanographer ⓘ |
| achievement | reaching the deepest known point in Earth’s oceans in 1960 ⓘ |
| coPiloted | bathyscaphe Trieste ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfEvent | 1960 descent to Challenger Deep ⓘ |
| explored | Challenger Deep ⓘ |
| familyName | Walsh ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
deep-sea exploration
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oceanography ⓘ |
| givenName | Don ⓘ |
| knownFor | co-piloting bathyscaphe Trieste to the bottom of the Mariana Trench ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| militaryRank | officer ⓘ |
| name | Don Walsh self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableEvent | descent to Challenger Deep in 1960 ⓘ |
| notableWork | first crewed descent to the bottom of the Mariana Trench ⓘ |
| occupation |
explorer
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naval officer ⓘ oceanographer ⓘ |
| participatedIn | first crewed descent to Challenger Deep ⓘ |
| partnerInMission | Jacques Piccard ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Mariana Trench
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Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| vehicleUsed | bathyscaphe Trieste ⓘ |
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