Molloy Deep

[muh-loi deep]

noun

1. the deepest place in the Arctic, located in the Fram Strait, between the Greenland Sea and the Arctic Ocean, with a depth of 18,210 feet (5,550 meters).

Word History and Origins

Origin of Molloy Deep¹

First recorded in 1970–75; named after Arthur E. Molloy (1923–2011), a U.S. Navy hydrographer who worked in the North Atlantic, North Pacific, and Arctic Oceans

Example Sentences

On Aug. 24, Vescovo descended around to the bottom of the “Molloy Deep,” a frigid trench that sits 170 miles west of the Svalbard archipelago.

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The final challenge will be to reach the bottom of the Molloy Deep in the Arctic Ocean, which is currently scheduled for August 2019.

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