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The Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench is located near the island of Guam in the west Pacific. It is the deepest abyss on Earth at 11,000 meters. At that depth, pressures reach 1,100 times the pressure at the surface. (Courtesy of Karl Musser, self-made using data from NOAA)

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