What is the deepest point in the Pacific Ocean?
Mariana Trench
10,994 metres (36,070ft) (± 40 metres [130ft]
The Mariana Trench or Marianas Trench[1] is located in the western Pacific Ocean approximately 200 kilometres (124mi) east of the Mariana Islands, and has the deepest natural trench in the world. It is a crescent-shaped trough in the Earth's crust averaging about 2,550km (1,580mi) long and 69km (43mi) wide. The maximum known depth is 10,994 metres (36,070ft) (± 40 metres [130ft]) at the southern end of a small slot-shaped valley in its floor known as the Challenger Deep.[2] However, some unrepeated measurements place the deepest portion at 11,034 metres (36,201ft).[3] For comparison: if Mount Everest were dropped into the trench at this point, its peak would still be over two kilometres (1.2mi) under water.[lower-alpha 1]