Horizon Deep

American  

[huh-rahy-zuhn deep] / həˈraɪ zən ˈdip /

noun

1. the second-deepest known portion of seafloor in the world, located in the South Pacific Ocean’s Tonga Trench at a depth of 35,509 feet (10,823 meters).

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Etymology

Origin of Horizon Deep

First recorded in 1950–55; named after the research vessel Horizon of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, which discovered the deep in 1952

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Horizon Deep

And Prof Jamieson will shortly be undertaking dives in Bakunawa that will investigate the world's second deepest location - Horizon Deep, in the Pacific's Tonga Trench, where the seafloor is 10,816m below the surface.

From BBC ● May 16, 2024

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