Meanings
- A deep in Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean; a point in the Mariana Trench, known as the deepest point in the world's oceans.
The deepest sounding in the Pacific is 31,614 feet, known as the Challenger deep, sometimes called the Nero deep, south of the Ladrone Islands, and lacks only 66 feet of being 6 miles in depth.
1909 June, Oscar C. S. Carter, “Earthquakes in the Light of the New Seismology”, in Journal of the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania, volume CLXVII, number 6, Philadelphia, →OCLC, pages 459–460
Origin
Named after the British Royal Navy survey ship HMS Challenger, whose expedition of 1872–1876 made the first recordings of its depth.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 挑戰者深淵 /挑战者深渊
- 挑戰者深淵 /挑战者深渊 (Tiāozhànzhě Shēnyuān)deepest point in the world
Finnish Challengerin syvänne
- Challengerin syvännedeepest point in the world
French Challenger Deep
- Challenger Deepdeepest point in the world
German Challengertief
- Challengertiefdeepest point in the world
Russian Бе́здна Че́лленджера
- Бе́здна Че́лленджера (Bézdna Čéllendžera)deepest point in the world
Spanish abismo de Challenger
- abismo de Challengerdeepest point in the world
Swedish Challengerdjupet
- Challengerdjupetdeepest point in the world
Cite this entry
Challenger Deep. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Challenger%20Deep
“Challenger Deep.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Challenger%20Deep. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Challenger Deep,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Challenger%20Deep.
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