How deepis thedeepest point in the ocean?

The deepest point is The depth is

10,911 meters!

I can't believe!

Amazing!!

This means the depth of Mariana trench islarger than the height of Mt.Everestthe highest mountain all over the warld.

The rate of ocean below the depth 6,500m occupying entire the ocean is only 2%.

An average depth of entire ocean is about 3,800 meters.

JAMSTEC has some vehicles which can dive to over 6,500m depth and more.

There are ever so many more marvelous places in the deep sea, where I haven't dived yet!

"Challenger Deep of

Mariana Trench".

Mountain

ValleyFlat

Ocean

Trench

Deepest point of the ocean

ABISMO

KAIKO

▲ Primary Trenches around Japan

Amazing!

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How Deep Ocean?the

This is "SHINKAI6500" to support vessel.

Now, I'm cruising at a depth of6,500 meters...

I can't dive deeper.

But huh, still deep here.I can't see bottom yet.I wonder how far this ocean continues on.

The seafloor is still far from here.

The place deeper than around seafloor is called "Trench".

What's "Trench"?

There are mountains, valleys and flats on the land, even the seafloor has same geographical features.

I can see some trenches around Japan.

Yes, there is "Ryukyu Trench" near the Okinawa!

Japan Trenchdepth 8,020m

Izu Ogasawara Trench

depth 9,780m

RyukyuTrenchdepth 7,460m

Mt.Fujiheight 3,776m

Mt.Everestheight 8,850mMariana Trench

depth 10,911m

I can dive

to here!

the ocean above 6,500m

the ocean below 6,500m

How deepit is!

"Trench" is the deep valley of the seafloor.