• Question: how deep is the deepest ocean

    Asked by jbutson to Tommy, Greg on 13 Nov 2013.
    • Photo: Thomas Doherty-Bone

      Thomas Doherty-Bone answered on 13 Nov 2013:


      I’ve looked this up and it is apparently the Marianna Trench, which is in the Pacific Ocean, near the Marianna Islands.

      The maximum depth is 10.911 km or 6.831 miles. I takes me about 60 minutes to run that distance, but thats a lot of water sitting on top of you. And life does persist down there, but its freaky! An amoeba 10 cm wide!!!! 😮

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