The Mariana trench
Mariana Trench, also called field or pool Mariana Mariana, is the deepest oceanic trenches know, and the deepest point of it is deep in the crust. It is located on the bottom of the northwest Pacific, east of the Mariana Islands. Deepest point with coordinates 11 ° 21 'North and 142 ° 12' EastMariana Trench extends to near Japan. This trench is the boundary where two tectonic plates meet, is sunk down in that region Pacific Plate sunk below the Philippine Plate. Trench length 2550 km (1580 miles) but the average width of only about 69 km (43 miles). Bottom of the pits below sea level a greater distance when compared with Mount Everest above sea level .Maximum depth of this trench is 10,971 m (35,994 ft) below sea level according to the most recent measurements. When calculating the latitude and the bulge in the equatorial region of the Earth, it lies at a distance of 6366.4 km from the center of the Earth. Arctic Ocean, is only about 4 to 4.5 km depth, but from the bottom of it then again only at a distance of approximately 6352.8 km from the Earth's center, ie near the Earth's center than the deepest point 13.6 km of the Mariana Trench.
Monday, April 5, 2010
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