The Mariana Trench is deeper than Mount Everest is tall
The Mariana Trench is so deep that if Mount Everest were placed inside it, the peak would still be kilometers underwater, revealing Earth's most extreme hidden depths.
Earth's deepest point, the Mariana Trench, plunges 10,984 meters below sea level in the western Pacific. To put that in perspective, Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, only reaches 8,848 meters above sea level. This means the trench is over 2,000 meters deeper than Everest is tall, a staggering testament to our planet's extreme topography.
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