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It takes approximately 2 to 2.5 hours to descend to the bottom of Challenger Deep, the deepest known point in the Earth's seabed, using a submersible. The return trip to the surface takes a similar amount of time.
The first person to reach the bottom of the Mariana Trench was Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard in 1960 aboard the Bathyscaphe Trieste. They descended to a depth of about 10,916 meters (35,814 feet) in the Challenger Deep, the deepest part of the trench.
The deepest parts of the ocean floor are caused by plate tectonic subduction and occur where the sea floor sinks back into the mantle in a subduction zone. These areas are called deep sea trenches and the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench in the Pacific is the deepest known point in Earth's oceans.
At a distance of 4100 kilometers on the ocean bottom, you would encounter the Mariana Trench, the deepest known oceanic trench. This trench is located in the western Pacific Ocean, reaching a maximum known depth of about 11,034 meters (36,201 feet) at the Challenger Deep.
The United States Navy bathyscaphe Trieste reached the bottom at 1:06 p.m. on January 23, 1960, with U.S. Navy Lieutenant Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard on board.The onboard systems indicated a depth of 11,521 meters (37,799 ft), but this was later revised to 10,916 meters (35,813 ft).http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianas_Trench
It takes approximately 2 to 2.5 hours to descend to the bottom of Challenger Deep, the deepest known point in the Earth's seabed, using a submersible. The return trip to the surface takes a similar amount of time.
The research vessel that observed marine life at the bottom of Challenger Deep is called the DSV Limiting Factor. It is a submersible that was used in a joint expedition by the Five Deeps Expedition and the BBC.
The first person to dive in a submersible to a depth of 3,150 meters was Jacques Piccard. He achieved this milestone on January 23, 1960, during the bathyscaphe Trieste's descent to the bottom of the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, alongside U.S. Navy Lieutenant Don Walsh. Their historic dive remains one of the deepest manned explorations of the ocean.
* Corrected - More than 35,000 feet below the surface. The maximum depth of a submersible is limited by many factors, but the most important is the strength and integrity of its hull. At 35,000 feet, the pressure is approximately 15,750 pounds per square inch. In 2012, the Deepsea Challenger reached the bottom of the Marianas Trench, the deepest area on Earth, at a depth of more than 35,000 feet.
The Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean is the deepest spot in the world, reaching a maximum depth of about 36,070 feet (10,994 meters) at Challenger Deep. It is considered the Earth's lowest point.
The submersible Trieste traveled to the bottom of mariana trench
The deepest part of the Pacific Oceans is located at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. It is called Challenger Deep and measures 36,070 feet (10,994 meters) deep.
Military submarines have different operating depths, depending on the submarine. You guessed this already, and the actual numbers are classified. From a few hundred meters to several hundred meters pretty much covers it. These are the "true" submarines, and they are the ones capable of independent operation for extended periods. If we move to the submersible, which is a "submarine" that is operated from a support vessel, the Trieste usually comes to mind. Trieste, which is of Swiss design, is a bathyscaphe (Swiss for "deep boat"). It was he deepest diving submersible, and it went to the bottom of the Marianas Trench at a point called the Challenger Deep. At about 10,900 meters, or some 35,761 feet, it is the deepest point in any ocean of the world.
The deepest/ lowest place on earth to be found on land is the Dead Sea, forming part of the Israeli- Jordanian border. The shores of the Dead Sea are -422 meters below sea level. The deepest place in the world's oceans is the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, a geological structure, part of the Mariana subduction-zone, in the Philippine Sea (western pacific ocean)reaching maximum depth of 10,924 meters below sea level.
The first person to reach the bottom of the Mariana Trench was Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard in 1960 aboard the Bathyscaphe Trieste. They descended to a depth of about 10,916 meters (35,814 feet) in the Challenger Deep, the deepest part of the trench.
A submersible has to be used, as it has been built specially to withstand the tremendous pressure in the deep ocean depths.
A submersible has to be used, as it has been built specially to withstand the tremendous pressure in the deep ocean depths.