The Emden Deep, also known as the Galathea Deep or Galathea Depth, is the portion of the

Philippine Trench The Philippine Trench (also Philippine Deep, Mindanao Trench, and Mindanao Deep) is a submarine trench to the east of the Philippines. The trench is located in the Philippine sea of the western North Pacific Ocean and continues NNW-SSE. It has ...

exceeding depths in the south-western

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. Originally discovered by the German ship ''

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'' in 1927, it was first explored in detail by the Danish ship ''

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'' in 1951 on the Galathea 2 expedition, from which the name is taken. Biological samples collected during the Danish expedition demonstrated for the first time that a wide variety of fish, amphipods, echinoderms and bacteria not only survived, but thrived at the deepest parts of the ocean. At the time of the expedition, the Philippine Trench was the deepest known part of the ocean. The first crewed descent to the Emden Deep was made by American undersea explorer

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and Filipino oceanographer Deo Florence Onda in March 23, 2021. Findings of the expedition include extensive

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near the seafloor of the underwater feature.

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Lowest points of the World Ocean Oceanic trenches of the Pacific Ocean Philippine Sea Philippine tectonics Subduction zones {{ocean-stub

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