Mariana trench is located in which ocean?

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SSC CGL 2022 Tier-I Official Paper (Held On : 07 Dec 2022 Shift 1)

Answer 1

The correct answer is Pacific ocean.

Key Points:

The Mariana Trench is the deepest oceanic trench on Earth, located in the western Pacific Ocean about 200 kilometres (124 miles) east of the Mariana Islands.
It is crescent-shaped and approximately 2,550 km (1,580 mi) long and 69 km (43 mi) wide.
The maximum known depth is 10,984 ± 25 metres at the southern end of the Challenger Deep, a small slot-shaped valley in its floor.
If Mount Everest were placed in the trench at this point, its peak would still be more than 2 kilometres underwater (1.2 mi).

Additional Information:

Arctic ocean:
- The Arctic Ocean is the world's smallest and shallowest ocean, ranking fifth among the world's five major oceans.
- It is the coldest of all the oceans and covers an area of approximately 14,060,000 km² (5,430,000 sq mi).
- Although the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) classifies it as an ocean, some oceanographers refer to it as the Arctic Mediterranean Sea.
Atlantic ocean:
- With an area of approximately 106,460,000 km², Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans (41,100,000 sq mi).
- It covers about 20% of Earth's surface and 29% of its water surface area.
Southern ocean:
- The Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean, is the world's southernmost ocean, generally defined as being south of 60° S latitude and encircling Antarctica.