Where is the deepest part of the ocean? How deep is it, and how does it compare to the height of the tallest mountain on Earth?

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Where is the deepest part of the ocean? How deep is it, and how does it compare to the height of the tallest mountain on Earth?

 

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Under the ocean, there are various geological features range from high mountains and volcanoes to deep trenches. In an ocean, two ocean-originated plates' subduction leads to deep, narrow, and long groove/depression on the ocean floor known as the Oceanic Trenches. 

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The deepest part of the ocean is located in the southern end of the Mariana Trench in the Western Pacific Ocean. The deepest part of the trench is known as the Challenger's Deep.  The trench borrows its name from the neighboring Mariana islands, which is almost 200 km away from the trench.

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