Still, there are other parts of the ocean that are even deeper, and many parts yet to be explored. About 71% of the Earth is covered in water and the average depth is 12,080 feet — which is ...

The submersible vehicle that was lost at sea is part of a relatively new effort enabling tourists and other paying customers to explore the depths of the ocean, the vast majority of which has ...

Close to Guam is the Mariana Trench, and within the Mariana Trench lies a section called the Challenger ... craft capable of hitting this depth, and trips to the ocean's deepest point are becoming ...

In the same way that a topography map shows elevation changes, a bathymetry map shows changes in depth. To complete the picture, ocean mappers are looking to industry to fill in some of the gaps.

According to NOAA, the average ocean depth is 12,566 feet. The greatest ocean depth, however, is 36,200 feet. Pressure in the ocean is measured in terms of atmospheres. One atmosphere is equal to ...