Molloy Deep
[ muh-loi-deep ]
noun
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).
Origin of Molloy Deep
1First 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
- Also called Mol·loy Hole [muh-loi-hohl] /məˈlɔɪ ˈhoʊl/ .
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