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This list of the deepest places on Earth features places with depths more than the height of Mount Everest (8,849 metres)! Source: sciencedirect.com, britannica.com

Philippine Trench

Depth: 10,540 meters Located in the Philippines Sea, it was regarded as the deepest point on earth until the 1970s. Representative image

Kuril-Kamchatka Trench

Depth: 10,542 meters Located in the northwest Pacific Ocean, it is a part of a chain of trenches that run from the Bering Sea to the Philippine Trench. Topographical image

Horizon Deep

Depth: 10,882 meters The Horizon Deep in the Tonga Trench is the deepest point in the Southern Hemisphere. Representative image

Challenger Deep

Depth: 10,984 meters The Challenger Deep, the deepest natural point on Earth, is located in the Mariana Trench in the Western Pacific Ocean.

Kola Superdeep Borehole

Depth: 12,262 meters Located deep in the Arctic circle, this manmade hole of the Soviet era is the deepest artificial point on Earth. Image: commons.wikimedia.org/Rakot13

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