While thousands have reached the top of Mount Everest, the planets highest peak (29,032 feet),
fewer than 30 people have reached the oceans deepest point. That location
known as the Mariana Trench, lies hidden in darkness more than 7 mile beneath the surface. The deepest point is 36,070 feet below sea level.
What is the Mariana Trench?
The Mariana Trench is the deepest oceanic trench on Earth. Located in the
western Pacific Ocean, it stretches roughly 1,580 miles
in length and averages about 43 miles wide. (As far as Thousand Oaks to downtown L.A.) The trench
sits east of the Mariana Islands, around 200 miles
southwest of Guam.