Challenger Deep en · PROPN
Etymology
Named after the British Royal Navy survey ship HMS Challenger, whose expedition of 1872–1876 made the first recordings of its depth.
Meanings
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A deep in Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean; a point in the Mariana Trench, known as the deepest point in the world's oceans.
The deepest sounding in the Pacific is 31,614 feet, known as the Challenger deep, sometimes called the Nero deep, south of the Ladrone Islands, and lacks only 66 feet of being 6 miles in depth.
1909 June, Oscar C. S. Carter, “Earthquakes in the Light of the New Seismology”, in Journal of the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania, volume CLXVII, number 6, Philadelphia, →OCLC, pages 459–460:
Coordinates
HMRG Deep · Horizon Deep · Sirena Deep
Translations (7)
fi Challengerin syvänne (deepest point in the world) · es abismo de Challenger (deepest point in the world) · fr Challenger Deep (deepest point in the world) · sv Challengerdjupet (deepest point in the world) · de Challengertief (deepest point in the world) · ru Бе́здна Че́лленджера (deepest point in the world) · cmn 挑戰者深淵 /挑战者深渊 (deepest point in the world)