Challenger Deep Floor

The challenger deep consists of three basins each 6 to 10 km 3 7 to 6 2 mi long 2 km 1 2 mi wide and over 10 850 m 35 597 ft in depth oriented in echelon from west to east separated by.

Challenger deep floor.

Learn more about the mariana trench and challenger deep located on the pacific floor. By geoffrey migiro on july 29 2019 in world facts. Unlike his predecessors it only took the director about two and a half hours to descend the nearly seven miles to challenger deep. Deepsea challenger dcv 1 is a 7 3 metre 24 ft deep diving submersible designed to reach the bottom of challenger deep the deepest known point on earth on 26 march 2012 canadian film director james cameron piloted the craft to accomplish this goal in the second manned dive reaching the challenger deep.

It was on march 27 2012. Built in sydney australia by the research and design company acheron project pty ltd. The floor of the ocean where they descended to was 35 838 feet deep. The deepest place in the world.

James cameron s solo dive james cameron in a solo dive went to the floor of the challenger deep. It covers more than 300 106 km2 and constitutes c 63 of. It took 7 years of preparation for his dive. He recorded his trip in 3 d.

Also in contrast to the previous manned expedition to challenger deep cameron s vessel was equipped with arms to take samples from the ocean floor as well as 3 d video cameras. The challenger deep is a relatively small slot shaped depression in the bottom of a considerably larger crescent shaped oceanic trench which itself is an unusually deep feature in the ocean floor.