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