• Question: How deep is the Pacific Ocean?

    Asked by anon-190786 to Matt, Maia on 7 Nov 2018.
    • Photo: Matt Bower

      Matt Bower answered on 7 Nov 2018:

      From memory, it’s 10,994m deep at its deepest point in the Mariana trench (I’m only joking – had to look this up!). This makes it the deepest ocean. It’s so deep because it’s at a place on the Earth where part of the crust is being pulled underneath another piece. Did you know the answer to this already (were you testing me?!)

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