There are thousands of miracles on earth, including , the deepest places on the world map.

Ocean canyons are formed as a result of tectonic activity that occurs in the Earth's lithosphere. The largest of them are located at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean as part of the so-called "Ring of Fire", which includes active volcanoes and earthquake zones. Natural freshwater reservoirs were formed due to failures of karst rocks. Man-made mines are dug by man for research purposes or for the extraction of raw materials. Deep caves arose in mountain ranges due to the movement of the earth's crust.

sea ​​trenches

TOP 10 ocean canyons:

Mariana Trench

The deepest place in the world is located in the western Pacific Ocean, the Mariana Trench. It has the shape of a crescent, the length of the abyss is 2550 km, the average width is 69 km. The maximum known depth is 11.03 km at the Vityaz-1 point and 10.91 km at the Challenger mark. The pressure at the bottom is 12,400 tons per square meter. The depression was first explored in January 1960 by Don Walsh and Jacques Picard using the Trieste submersible. Mount Everest can fit in the Mariana Trench with a margin of 2.5 kilometers.

Located in the Southwest Pacific Ocean and in the northern part of the Kermadec Zone, the Tonga Trench lies 10,882 km below sea level. Stretching for a distance of 2500 km from the northeast of New Zealand to the northeast to the island of Tonga, the abyss was formed as a result of the movement of the Pacific plate. The researchers found that seam movement is also causing underwater explosions in the Japan and Mariana Trench. Over the past 100 years, 15 volcanoes have erupted on the islands.

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Philippine Trench

The third deepest point in the world's oceans is the Galatea mark in the Philippine Trench, located 10.54 km below sea level. Known as the Mindanao Trench, this underwater trench extends 1,320 km long and 30 km wide in the eastern Philippines. One of the first explorations of this site was carried out in 1950 by a Danish expedition, the initial goal was to collect wildlife from the ocean floor. Scientists considered this ocean trench to be the deepest until 1970. Its age is 8-9 million years.

It was formed in the Pacific Ocean during the Cretaceous period due to volcanic shifts of the Kuril ridge. The trench is located near the Kuril Islands off the coast of Kamchatka at a depth of 10.5 km below sea level. Today, the Pacific Plate continues to slide, causing strong volcanism and seismic activity in the area. The seams move at a rate of 75 to 83 millimeters per year.

The Kermadec Chasm in the Pacific Ocean extends for 1,000 km between the Louisville Seamount chain and the Hikurangi Plateau, and has a maximum depth of 10.04 km. Five years ago, the Kermadec Trench was in the news after the unmanned research submarine Nereus exploded due to high pressure at a depth of 9.99 meters while attempting to reach the bottom.

Japanese depression

Another deep underwater trench, located east of the Japanese Islands, is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire. With a maximum depth of 9 km, it extends from the Kuril Islands to the Bonin Islands and continues the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench and Izu-Ogasawara to the north and south, respectively.

The abyss is located in the western part of the Pacific Ocean. The proven depth of Izu-Ogasawara is 9.78 km. This trench, also known as the Izu-Bonin, extends from Japan to the northern part of the Mariana Trench and is a continuation of the Japan Trench.

Lying between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, the Puerto Rico Trench has the deepest mark in the region at 8.64 km and is 800 km long. The ocean trench has repeatedly become the cause of many tragic tsunamis and earthquakes.

It is located 100 km east of the South Sandwich Islands in the Atlantic Ocean on an active volcanic arc. It is located at a depth of 8.42 km, has a length of 956 km, which makes the abyss one of the most visible in the world.

Peru - Chile Trench

The abyss, also called the Atacama Trench, is located about 160 km off the coast of Peru and Chile in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The maximum depth of the Atakama Trench is 8.06 km below sea level.

fresh water

Lake Baikal is the deepest basin with fresh water. It is located in Southeast Siberia, north of the Mongolian border. It has a depth of 1637 m.

Following Baikal, Lake Tanganyika, located in Central Africa. Its depth is 1470 meters. It is the second largest freshwater formation in the world. Located between the four countries of the black continent.

Lake Vostok, with a maximum depth of 900 meters, is the largest of the 400 open subglacial waters of Antarctica. It is located in Russia under the surface of the Central East Antarctic ice sheet.

The depth of Lake O'Higgins-San Martin is 836 meters. It has an area of ​​1013 km and a coastline of 525 km. 554 km of the water surface belongs to Chile, and 459 km to Argentina.

El Sacaton is the deepest sinkhole in the earth filled with water. Such formations are an unusual natural phenomenon, as they appear suddenly, causing severe devastation if the area was inhabited. But Sacaton in Mexico has existed since the Pleistocene and is a beautiful natural well. For a long time it was believed that it was bottomless, but in 1997 NASA solved the mystery of the pit by sending an underwater robot and found that the depth of El Sakaton is 339 m.

The clear blue water is highly mineralized and has a sulphurous smell. The name comes from the free-floating islets of scat grass.

caves

More than 100 very deep sinkholes on land have been discovered in the world, the first three places in the list are occupied by the mountain depressions of Abkhazia.

The fourth deepest cave (1632 m) Lamprechtsofen is located in Austria. It is famous for having a height difference of up to 1 km.

Some known earth sinkholes are man-made:

• So the super-deep Kola well in Russia takes the first place, and was drilled to explore the earth's layers. Its depth is 12,262 km;

• The Mponeng gold mine in South Africa is the second largest man-made pit on earth that is actively exploited. It will take at least 1.5 hours to reach its bottom. It is located at a depth of 4 km from the surface. At the bottom of the mine, the temperature of the rock is 60ºC and the humidity is 95 percent;

Long underground tunnels, dug by hand, are located in England and Africa.

From the early 1870s until 1914, 50,000 workers in Kimberley, South Africa sifted through the ground every day to extract diamonds. They eventually reached depths of over 240m before the operation was abandoned. Despite its smaller overall volume, the Woodingdean Well, near Brighton in the UK, is the deepest scar that a human hand has carved into the surface of the planet. Reaching 390 meters underground, it is equal to the Empire State Building, but just over a meter wide.

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Top 10 Deepest Places on Earth

We still know very little about our planet. This is especially true of the depths of the oceans and seas. But even on land there are places that amaze the human imagination. For example, the deepest places on Earth. What we know about them and where the lowest points of the earth's surface are located - more on that later.

Huge holes or cliffs are rare in everyday life, but our planet has a varied landscape. Along with the highest mountain peaks, there are also the deepest places on our planet both natural and man-made.

10. Lake Baikal | 1 642 m

It would be a mistake to assume that the deepest places on Earth are only in the oceans and seas. Baikal has a depth of 1,642 meters and is among the lakes. Therefore, local residents often call Baikal the sea. This depth is explained by the tectonic origin of the lake. Many other records and amazing discoveries are associated with this place. Baikal can be called the largest natural reservoir of fresh water on Earth. This is the oldest lake on our planet (it is more than 25 million years old) and two thirds of the flora and fauna of the reservoir are found nowhere else.

9. Krubera-Voronya Cave | 2 196 m

There are also giants among the caves. The Krubera-Voronya cave (Abkhazia) belongs to the deepest places on Earth. Its depth is 2196 meters. It should be noted that we are talking about the studied part of the cave. It is possible that the next expedition will go even lower and set a new depth record. The karst cave consists of wells connected by passages and galleries. It was first opened in 1960. Then cavers were able to descend to a depth of 95 meters. The two-kilometer barrier was overcome by the Ukrainian expedition of speleologists in 2004.

8. TowTon Mine | 4000 m

Tau Tona Mine in South Africa is the deepest mine on Earth. It is located in the Republic of South Africa, not far from Johannesburg. This world's greatest gold mine goes into the ground for 4 kilometers. At this incredible depth, there is a whole underground city with a network of kilometer-long tunnels. To get to their workplace, the miners have to spend about an hour. Working at such a depth is associated with a large number of dangers - this is humidity, which reaches 100% in some branches of the mine, high air temperature, the risk of explosion from gas leaking into the tunnels and collapse from earthquakes, which occur here quite often. But all the dangers of work and the costs of maintaining the functionality of the mine are generously paid off by the mined gold - in the entire history of the mine's existence, 1200 tons of precious metal have been mined here.

7. Kola well | 12,262 m

The deepest well on Earth is the Kola superdeep well, which is located on the territory of Russia. This is one of the most unusual and interesting experiments performed by Soviet scientists. Drilling began in 1970 and had only one goal - to learn more about the Earth's crust. The Kola Peninsula was chosen for the experiment because the oldest rocks of the Earth, about 3 million years old, come to the surface here. They were also of great interest to scientists. The depth of the well is 12,262 meters. It made it possible to make unexpected discoveries and forced to reconsider scientific ideas about the occurrence of the Earth's rocks. Unfortunately, the well, created for a purely scientific purpose, did not find application in subsequent years, and a decision was made to conserve it.

6. Izu-Bonin depression | 9 810 m

In 1873-76, the American oceanographic ship Tuscarora conducted surveys of the seabed for the laying of an underwater cable. A lot, abandoned off the Japanese islands of Izu, recorded a depth of 8,500 meters. Later, the Soviet ship "Vityaz" in 1955 set the maximum depth of the depression - 9810 meters.

5. Kuril-Kamchatsky Trench | 10,542 m

- this is not only one of the deepest places on Earth, the depression is also the narrowest in the Pacific Ocean. The width of the gutter is 59 meters, and the maximum depth is 10,542 meters. The basin is located in the northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean. In the middle of the last century, Soviet scientists were engaged in its study on the Vityaz ship. No more detailed research has been done. The gutter was opened by the American ship Tuscarora and bore this name for a long time until it was renamed.

4. Kermadec Trench | 10,047 m

Located in the Pacific Ocean off the Kermadec Islands. The maximum depth of the depression is 10,047 meters. Investigated by the Soviet vessel "Vityaz". In 2008, at a depth of 7 kilometers in the Kermadec Trench, a previously unknown species of sea slugs from the snail fish family was discovered. The researchers were also surprised by other abodes of this deepest place on Earth - huge 30-centimeter crustaceans.

3. Philippine Trench | 10 540 m

Opens the top three deepest points on the planet. 10,540 meters - this is its depth. It was formed millions of years ago as a result of the collision of the earth's plates. Located in the east of the Philippine archipelago. By the way, scientists have long believed that the Philippine Trench is the deepest point of the Pacific Ocean.

2. Trench Tonga | 10 882 m

It is located in the southwestern part of the Pacific Ocean, near the islands of Tonga. This area is extremely interesting because it is a very active seismic zone. Several strong earthquakes occur here every year. The depth of the gutter is 10,882 meters. It is only 100 meters smaller than the Mariana Trench. The difference is about a percent, but it puts the Tonga Trench in second place on the list of the deepest places on Earth.

1. Mariana Trench | 10 994 m

It is located in the western part of the Pacific Ocean and is shaped like a crescent moon. The length of the gutter is more than 2.5 thousand kilometers, and the deepest point is 10,994 meters. It is called the Challenger Deep.

The deepest place on Earth was discovered in 1875 by the English ship Challenger. To date, the depression is the most studied of all the other deep-sea trenches. They tried to reach its bottom during four dives: in 1960, 1995, 2009 and 2012. The last time director James Cameron descended into the Mariana Trench all alone. Most of all, the bottom of the trough reminded him of the lifeless lunar surface. But, unlike the Earth's satellite, the Mariana Trench is inhabited by living organisms. Researchers have found toxic amoebae, mollusks and deep-sea fish here that look very frightening. Since there has not been a full-scale study of the trench, except for short-term dives, the Mariana Trench may still hide a lot of interesting things.

From the dark depths of the ocean to some of the tallest peaks on Earth, below are twenty-five of the world's most vast, highest, deepest and tiniest places!

25. The deepest lake is Lake Baikal

This Siberian rift lake is not only the deepest lake on Earth, but it also has the largest volume and contains approximately 20 percent of the fresh water of the entire surface of the Earth.

24. The highest mountain - Everest


As you may have suspected, Everest is officially the highest mountain in the world. But that's only if we start our measurement at sea level...

23. The highest mountain from the base to the top - Mauna Kea


Mauna Kea, a volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii, is more than twice the height of Mount Everest, measured from the base of the mountain on the seabed to its peak.

22. The point farthest from the center of the Earth - Mount Chimborazo


Due to the bulge of the Earth at the equator, the peak of Mount Everest is also not the most distant point from the center of the Earth. This honor belongs to the summit of Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador.

21. The lowest point on Earth - the Challenger Deep


Almost 11 kilometers below the surface of the ocean, this depression is the deepest point of the already deep Mariana Trench. In fact, Everest would fit comfortably below the surface here.

20. The highest waterfall - Angel (Angel Falls)


This waterfall in Venezuela is so high that the water sometimes evaporates before it reaches the ground.

19. The driest place is the Atacama Desert


In the middle of Chile's Atacama Desert, there is a point where it has never rained. Scientists call this region "absolute desert".

18. The highest human settlement - La Rinconada (La Rinconada)


This mining town, located in Peru, is located in the highest inhabited region of the globe. At an altitude higher than the location of La Rinconada, a person simply will not be able to adapt.

17. The highest temperature - Death Valley


With a recorded temperature of almost 57 degrees Celsius, Death Valley in California has once again become the hottest place on Earth in recent times.

16. The most remote inhabited place on Earth - Tristan da Cunha (Tristan da Cunha)


This small archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, located thousands of kilometers from both South Africa and South America, has a population of 271 people. The mail only reaches here a few times a year.

15. The deepest cave - Kruber-Voronya Cave


This cave, located in Abkhazia, is the only known cave in the world whose depth exceeds 2,000 meters.

14. The largest elevation difference is Mount Thor


Mount Thor, located in Canada, has a height of 1250 meters and despite its very remote location in the frozen tundra of the northern provinces of Canada, it is a popular rock climbing destination.

13. Hottest inhabited place - Dallol, Ethiopia


The hottest permanently inhabited region in the world is in Ethiopia. Although these days Dallol has become even less populated and some even say that it has become a ghost town. However, it is also worth noting that there has not been an official census in this region for a long time, so the studies are based on previously obtained data.

12. The most northern point of land on Earth - Kaffeklubben Island (Kaffeklubben Island)


This island, which belongs to Greenland, is officially considered the northernmost point of land on Earth. However, there are several slow-moving gravel bars that lie further north.

11. Lowest Temperature - Vostok Station, Antarctica


-89.2°C - this temperature was recorded in East Antarctica and, apart from some new satellite measurements, is still considered the lowest land temperature ever recorded.

10 Deepest Ice - Bentley Subglacial Trench


This place is also located in Antarctica, and the depth of the local ice exceeds 2.5 kilometers. In fact, the land it rests on is well below sea level and is the lowest point on Earth not covered by an ocean.

9. Deepest point measured from ground level - Kola Superdeep Well


Although it was artificially created, this Russian scientific project tried to get as deep as possible into the earth's crust. The drill reached a depth exceeding 12 kilometers.

8. The deepest point made by man - TauTona Mine (TauTona Mine)


This South African mine is the deepest point under the surface of the Earth that a person could fit into. Its depth is almost 4 kilometers.

7. The coldest settlement - Oymyakon, Russia


Temperatures sometimes drop below freezing in mid-September and stay there until May. The average temperature in January is -46°C. The population of the village is less than 500 people.

6. The highest road is the Aucanquilcha mining road


This mining road was once used for trucks climbing this Chilean volcano to a height of over 6,000 meters.

5. The highest mountain pass - Marsimik La, India


Although the Volcanic Mountain Road we saw in the previous paragraph is technically the highest road in the world, it is a dead end and is no longer in use. In contrast, the Marsimik-La pass, located at an altitude of 5,582 meters in northern India, is often considered the highest functional road in the world.

4. The highest lake - Lake Titicaca (Titicaca)


This lake is located on the border of Peru and Bolivia in the Andes at an altitude of 3,812 meters. There are several unnamed crater lakes in the world that may be located slightly higher.

3. The most remote island - Bouvet Island


This small uninhabited Norwegian island in the South Atlantic Ocean lies between Antarctica and Tristan da Cunha (a place that, you remember, is quite remote in itself).

2. The longest river is the Nile


Despite the difficulty in accurately calculating the sources and directions of the various rivers, the Nile is generally considered to be the longest river in the world. Its length is 6,650 kilometers. In ancient times, when water was still flowing from Lake Tanganyika, the Nile was 1,500 kilometers longer.

1. The farthest point from the ocean - Xinjiang, China


This region in China is the Asian pole of inaccessibility. This basically means that it is the furthest point on the continent from any ocean.

The Mariana Trench, or the Mariana Trench, is an oceanic trench in the western Pacific Ocean, which is the deepest known geographical feature in the world. The geographical coordinates of the object are 11°21′ s. sh. 142°12′ E (G). As you already know, this is the deepest part of the earth's oceans, as well as the deepest place on earth.

According to the measurements of the Soviet vessel "Vityaz", the maximum depth of the depression reaches 11022 m (although according to recent observations, this value does not exceed 10911-10924 m). Thus, the deepest point of the depression is much further from sea level than Mount Everest is above it.

The depression stretches along the Mariana Islands for 1500 km; it has a V-shaped profile, steep (7-9) slopes, a flat bottom 1-5 km wide, which is divided by rapids into several closed depressions. At the bottom, the water pressure reaches 108.6 MPa (15,750 feet per square inch), which is more than 1,000 times the normal atmospheric pressure at sea level. The depression is located at the border of the docking of two tectonic plates, in the zone of movement along faults, where the Pacific plate goes under the Philippine plate.

The first depth data was obtained by the English vessel Challenger in 1951, which, according to the report, was 10863 m. data, originally reported depth of 11034 m).

The only human dive to the bottom of the Mariana Trench was made on January 23, 1960 by US Navy Lieutenant Don Walsh and explorer Jacques Picard in the bathyscaphe Trieste. The instruments recorded a record depth - 11521 meters (adjusted figure - 10918 m). At the bottom, the researchers unexpectedly met flat fish up to 30 cm in size, similar to flounder.
The Japanese probe Kaiko, which was lowered to the region of the maximum depth of the depression on March 24, 1997, recorded a depth of 10911.4 meters. On May 31, 2009, the Nereus automatic underwater vehicle sank to the bottom of the Mariana Trench. The device descended to a depth of 10,902 meters, where it filmed a video, took several photographs, and also collected sediment samples at the bottom.

The waters of the Mariana Trench are home to many species of invertebrate fish, including oddities such as the anglerfish, so called because it uses a glowing ledge to attract prey.

An interesting feature of sea creatures is their longevity, many of these animals having a "lifespan" of over 100 years, provided of course they don't get caught in fishing nets. Since these animals develop slowly, there is no concern about the threat of their extinction.

The bottom of the Mariana Trench consists of animal skeletons, decomposing microorganisms and plants, as a rule, the bottom is yellow and viscous.

Now we approximately know the internal structure of our planet. The outer hard shell of the Earth is called the crust. It is less than 1% of the mass of the planet and has a thickness of 5 to 70 kilometers. Next comes the mantle (outer and inner), and then the core (outer and inner).

How close to the core do you think a person can go? Theoretically, we can in the future make devices that can withstand enormous loads and temperatures in order to get as close as possible to the core, but in practice we have not yet got into the areas that are under the crust.

Let's see what are the deepest places on the planet we know.

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Lake Sunset

Depth 319 meters

The lake is the largest natural well in the world. It is located in Central Mexico. Its depth is 319 meters and its diameter is about 100 meters. At the same time, a hole was found on one of the “walls” of the well, which may be the entrance to another, deeper “well” or even to a system of deep underground caves.

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Depth 370 meters

This is a coal mine located in Elsdorf, Germany. It is considered the deepest open mine in the world. Its depth is about 370 meters, and its area is about 33.9 sq. km. Next to the quarry is an artificial hill, which was formed from the material selected from the quarry.

The hill has its own name Sophienhöhe and is the world's largest artificial hill. Its height is 301 meters.

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Woodingdean Well

Depth 392 meters

Let's start with a man-made feat that appeared in 1862 in the English town of Woodingdean. It all started with the fact that in 1858, during the construction of a new building, a source of water was required. The decision was made to dig a well. To reduce costs, the workers dug the well with their hands. It was planned to go deep into the ground by 122 meters, lining the walls of the well with bricks.

Workers lowered themselves into the well, and raised the excess earth with buckets to the surface. After 2 years of digging, the depth of the well exceeded the design one by 12 meters, but there was still no water. Despite the fact that this depth was slightly below sea level.

Then it was decided to dig four horizontal shafts at this depth in order to get to the water. But this also did not give any results. Then the construction organizers decided not to give up and get to the water at any cost. At the end of one of the horizontal shafts they began to dig deeper again. After another 2 years in March 1862, the workers felt the earth in the mine begin to rise. People in a hurry began to rise to the surface. After 45 minutes, the water rushed out.

This well is the deepest well in the world that has been dug by hand.

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Lake Baikal

Depth 1642 meters

Reaching a maximum depth of 1642 meters, Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world. The lake is a treasure not only of Russia, but of the whole world, it is a natural reservoir for the purest fresh water. It is home to many plants and animals that are unique.

An interesting fact is that if all the water from Lake Baikal is divided equally among all citizens of Russia, then for each inhabitant there will be approximately 2780 railway tanks of 60 tons each.

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Depth 2199 meters

This is the deepest cave in the world located in Abkhazia near the city of Gagra. The cave has several entrances located at an altitude of over 2000 meters above sea level. It is a system of several wells, which are interconnected by manholes and galleries. Inside there are several high plumb lines, the deepest of which are 110, 115 and 152 meters.

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Depth 3048 meters

The deepest mine in the world is the Mponeng Mine in South Africa. Its depth is 4000 meters. However, a mine called Kidd Mine in Ontario, Canada, which is 3,048 meters deep, is closer to the Earth's core than the Mponeng Mine. This is because our planet is not an ideal ball shape. Due to the rotation of the Earth in its equatorial part, the diameter is slightly larger than at the poles. The difference in size is about 140 kilometers. So a person standing at the equator is on average 70 kilometers farther from the core than a person standing at the pole.

The Kidd Mine was opened in 1964 as an open cut and is gradually expanding underground. It is now the largest copper mine in the world. It employs 2,200 workers and mines millions of tons of ore annually.

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Litke Gorge

Depth 5449 meters

The Litke Gorge (Litke Trench) is an oceanic trough located northeast of Greenland, 350 km north of Svalbard, in the Eurasian Basin in the Arctic Ocean. This is the deepest point in the Arctic Ocean, its depth is 5449 meters.

The gorge was found and explored by the Soviet expedition on the icebreaker Fedor Litke in 1955.

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Milwaukee Depression

Depth 8385 meters

The Milwaukee Trench is the deepest part of the Atlantic Ocean. Its maximum depth is 8385 meters. The place is named after the American cruiser who discovered it in 1939.

The Milwaukee Trench is located in the Puerto Rican Trench, which is located at the boundary of two lithospheric plates. The Caribbean Plate is moving east, and the N American Plate is moving west.

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Challenger Abyss

Depth 10994 meters

The top five deepest sea trenches in the world include those located in the Pacific Ocean, and the most famous of them is the Mariana Trench, with a maximum depth of 10994 meters (Challenger Abyss).

The name of the depression comes from the Mariana Islands, located nearby. The depression stretches for 1500 kilometers, they have a standard V-shaped profile. The bottom of the depression is flat, with a width of 1 to 5 km.

The water pressure at the bottom of the Challenger Abyss is 108600 Pa, which is 1100 times higher than the atmospheric pressure on the Earth's surface. People have twice dived to the bottom of the Mariana Trench. The first dive was made in 1960 by explorer Jacques Picard and US Navy officer Don Walsh. Their bathyscaphe "Trieste" had walls 127 millimeters thick to resist the monstrous pressure. The second time at the bottom of the depression was the famous director James Cameron in 2012. He dived into the Challenger Deep in the Deepsea Challenger single-seat submersible. During the dive, he filmed in 3D.

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Depth 12262 meters

This is the deepest man-made place on earth. It is located in the Murmansk region near the city of Zapolyarny.

Work on the start of drilling of the well was timed to coincide with the centenary of the birth of V.I. Lenin in 1970. Unlike others, this well was drilled specifically for the purpose of studying the structure of the planet. The place was chosen specifically where the thickness of the earth's crust is supposedly the thinnest.

Up to 7000 meters drilling proceeded normally. The drill passed through a uniform granite layer of the lithospheric plate. But below the rock was less dense, crumbled, jamming the equipment. I had to slightly change the drilling angles.

After 13 years in 1983, the drillers reached the level of 12066 meters and stopped. But after the resumption of drilling, there was a break in the drill string. Drilling had to be restarted from a depth of 7,000 meters. By 1990, the drill crossed the mark of 12262 meters and the accident was repeated. Further, for financial reasons, the project had to be frozen, and in 2008 the Kola Superdeep Well project was finally abandoned.

I really want to believe that Russian science will turn its face to this project. He has many perspectives. The lion's share of the work has already been done, and in order to revive the project, several million rubles are required, an amount to raise for a country with high scientific ambitions.

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Conclusion

It was an article about the deepest places on Earth. We hope you have learned something new and interesting from us. Thank you for your attention!