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MARIANA TRENCH OCEANOGRAPHY DEPTH COMPARISON FACTS ON THE MARIANA TRENCH • LOCATED IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN NEAR JAPAN • 1,580 MILES LONG • 43 MILES WIDE • IT IS THE DEEPEST LOCATION IN THE EARTH’S OCEAN AND PLANET EARTH IS SELF. • FIRST EXPLORED BY THE BRITISH VESSEL HMS CHALLENGER II A OCEANIC SEAFLOOR VIEW. WHAT CREATED THE MARIANA TRENCH • IT WAS CREATED BY OCEAN CRUST-TO-OCEAN CRUST SUBDUCTION. • A PHENOMENA IN WHICH A OCEANIC PLATE IS TOPPED BY ANOTHER OCEANIC PLATE. • THIS FORCE IS CALLED PLATE TECTONICS. • THE THICKER PLATE STAYS TALL, WHILE THE WEAKER PLATE (SUBDUCTS) OR CURLS UNDER THE OTHER TO CREATE A TRENCH. A SATELLITE IMAGE MORE FACTS ON THE MARIANA TRENCH • THE DEEPEST POINT OF THE TRENCH WAS FOUND IN 1960 BY THE TRIESTE A U.S. NAVY MANNED SUBMERSIBLE. • THE MARIANA TRENCH IS NOW A U.S. PROTECTED ZONE AS PART OF THE MARIANAS TRENCH MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT • FOR A VIRTUAL LOOK SEE HTTP://DEEPSEACHALLENAGE.COM
