How deep is the deepest part of the sea

[Masonthomas]

And what is it called? I'm doing some homework!

[paddywak]

The Marianas trench in the Pacific about 11k deep

[Masonthomas]

Thanks paddywak I heard that a deeper part was found since the marianas trench but this was just hearsay.

[paddywak]

It's possible mason it's not something I keep up with, this is hat Wiki has to say
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariana_Trench

[Masonthomas]

Thanks paddywak It's depth is almost inconceivable and it must be a completely different world down there. Has any mannned craft been down there or only unmanned bathyspheres?

[paddywak]

Funny how some things seem to stick in your mind, but I seem to remember a manned descent by a vessel called the Trieste around 1960. It was in a section of the trench known as the challenger Deep which at that time was the deepest known section

[mollykins]

Didn't Cousteau go down to the Marianas trench?

[paddywak]

He might have explored parts of the trench, but the Trieste is still the only vessel to have gone "All the Way"

[mollykins]

Wasn't he part of the trieste's crew?

[paddywak]

Sorry molly forgot to add the link
http://en.wikipedia.o...i/Bathyscaphe_Trieste