By Garima Bajpai
The shallowest of the deeps! Arctic Ocean's Molloy Deep reaches 5,550 ± 14 meters. Despite being the "smallest" depth here, it's still deeper than most mountains are tall
Circling Antarctica, the Southern Ocean's deepest point is the Factorian Deep in the South Sandwich Trench at 7,432 meters. Icy waters above, crushing darkness below—utterly unexplored.
The Java Trench reaches 7,187 meters deep off Indonesia's coast (unnamed deep). Formed by tectonic plates colliding, it's a zone of earthquakes, tsunamis, and extreme ocean life.
The Puerto Rico Trench (Brownson Deep) drops 8,378 meters below the surface. This massive underwater canyon lies north of Puerto Rico, mysterious and largely unexplored.
Home to the Mariana Trench, the deepest point on Earth. The Challenger Deep plunges 10,984 ± 25 meters (36,070 feet)—deeper than Everest is tall.