Horizon Deep

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Horizon Deep is the deepest known point in the Tonga Trench and one of the deepest locations in the world's oceans.


Statements (36)
Predicate Object
instanceOf deepest point
undersea depression
comparedTo Challenger Deep
Sirena Deep
country New Zealand
depthRanking second deepest known point in Earth’s oceans after the Challenger Deep
discoveredBy bathymetric survey
environment hadal zone
featureOf Tonga-Kermadec Trench system
geologicalSetting subduction zone
hasCoordinateSystem geographic coordinates
hasNameOrigin named for its extreme depth on the horizon of bathymetric surveys
hasProperty complete darkness
extreme hydrostatic pressure
near-freezing temperatures
knownFor being one of the deepest locations in the world’s oceans
being the deepest known point in the Tonga Trench
locatedIn South Pacific Ocean
Tonga Trench
locatedInHemisphere Eastern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
maximumDepthFeet 35433
maximumDepthMetres 10800
10820
nearestLandmass Kermadec Islands
Tonga
oceanTrench Tonga Trench
partOf Earth’s hadal trenches
Pacific Ocean
pressureAtBottom over 1000 times standard atmospheric pressure
studiedInDiscipline geophysics
marine geology
oceanography
tectonicPlate Indo-Australian Plate
Pacific Plate
waterColumn oceanic

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Tonga-Kermadec subduction system
contains
Tonga Trench
hasDeepestPoint

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