Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1889 — Ocean Depths. [ARTICLE]

Ocean Depths.

The greatest known depth of the ocean is’ midway between the Island of Tristan d’ Acunha and the mouth oi the Rio de la Plata. The bottom was there reached at a depth of 46,200 feet, or 8| miles, .exceeding by more that 17,000 feet the height of Mount Everest, the loftiest mountain in the world. In the North Atlantic Ocean, south oJ Newfoundland, soundings have beer made at a depth of 4,580 fathoms, or. 26,480 feet, while depths equaling 34,000, or 64 miles, are reported south ol the Bermuda Islands. The average depth of the Pacific Ocean, between Japan and California, is a little ovei 2,000 fathoms, between Chili and thf Sandwich Islands, 2,500 fathoms, and between Chili and New Zealand, 1,50 C fathoms. The average depth of all the ocean is from 2,000 to 2,500 fathoms.