Deepest Points in Each of the World's Oceans
About This Dataset
Deepest Points in Each of the World's Oceans
The deepest known points in each of the world's major ocean basins, measured in metres below sea level. All five ocean basins contain trenches that plunge to extraordinary depths, but the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench is uniquely deep — its Challenger Deep is nearly 2,000 metres deeper than any point in the Atlantic.
Analysis
The top three in Depth (m) are Pacific — Challenger Deep (10,935), Atlantic — Puerto Rico Trench (8,376) and Caribbean — Cayman Trough (7,686). The 8 entries in Depth (m) cover a range of 6,551, from 10,935 down to 4,384. First and second are separated by 2,559, so the leader sits inside the field rather than apart from it. The other 6 are bunched between 4,384 and 7,686 Depth (m).
Source:
Wikipedia
Key Findings
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Pacific — Challenger Deep leads in Depth (m) with 10,935.
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Average Depth (m): 7,094 · median: 7,247.
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Gap: Pacific — Challenger Deep is 2.5× larger than Gulf of Mexico — Sigsbee Deep.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- Wikipedia
- Coverage
- 8 entities · 8 observations
- Measure
- Depth (m)
- Last updated
- 6 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value.
Data Sources & References
All external sources cited in this dataset
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