Challenger Deepとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Named after the British Royal Navy survey ship HMS Challenger, whose expedition of 1872–1876 made the first recordings of its depth.

固有名詞

Challenger Deep

1. A deep in Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean; a point in the Mariana Trench, known as the deepest point in the world's oceans.
   • 1909 June, Carter, Oscar C. S., “Earthquakes in the Light of the New Seismology”, in Journal of the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania‎^[1], volume CLXVII, number 6, Philadelphia, OCLC 873864684, pages 459-460:

     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.

等位語

• HMRG Deep
• Sirena Deep
• Horizon Deep