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news Oceans extreme depths measured in precise detail Scientists say we now have the most precise information yet on the deepest points in each of Earths five oceans. The key locations where the seafloor bottoms out in the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic and Southern oceans were mapped by the Five Deeps Expedition. Some of these places, such as the 10,924m-deep (6.8 miles) Mariana Trench in the western Pacific, had already been surveyed a number of times. But the Five Deeps project removed a ...

Following one of the most adventurous ocean expeditions ever, scientists have returned precise measurements for the deepest points in each of the worlds five major oceans.  Data from the Five Deeps Expedition (FDE), which performed dives over the course of 10 months from 2018 to 2019, confirms for the first time the locations of the deepest points of Indian Ocean and the Southern Ocean.  The deepest point of the Indian Ocean is at 7,187 metres, within the Java Trench, just off the coast of I...