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Ocean Surface |
400 feet deep
(122 meters)
This was the depth to which
World War II U.S. and Japanese
submarines operated. |
1,250 feet deep
(381 meters)
At this depth, the
Empire State Building
would be completely
under water.
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1,600 feet deep
(488 meters)
Below this depth, sunlight
from the ocean surface
is not visible to
the human eye.
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2,800 feet deep
(853 meters)
This is the depth of the ancient
Roman shipwrecks Robert Ballard’s
research team explored in the
Mediterranean Sea.
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5,280 feet deep
(1,609 meters)
One mile.
Sperm whales often dive
this far in pursuit of
the giant squid.
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6,600 feet deep
(2,012 meters)
Modern Russian nuclear-
propelled submarines can
reach this depth.
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10,560 feet deep
(3.2 kilometers)
Two miles.
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12,450 feet deep
(3,795 meters)
This was the depth
at which Bob Ballard
discovered the
R.M.S.
Titanic
in 1985.
The ship sank
on April 15, 1912.
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14,494 feet deep
(4,418 meters)
At this depth, Mount Whitney,
the highest peak in the
contiguous United States, would be
completely submerged.
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15,617 feet deep
(4,763 meters)
The German warship Bismarck
sank to this depth
in the North Atlantic
on May 27, 1941.
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