# What's the deepest point you can find on Google Earth? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 3, 2009, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deepest-point-you-can-find-on-google-earth/484226 "2009-02-03T06:33:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deepest-point-you-can-find-on-google-earth/484226/1 "2009-02-03T06:33:59Z")
The latest version of Google Earth has ocean topography. I spent about 20 minutes, and I found a point at -33,038 feet. Can anyone beat that? Now, I’ve got to dig up my copy of _Tales of Topographic Oceans_. ---
**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deepest-point-you-can-find-on-google-earth/484226/2 "2009-02-03T09:33:10Z")
> [@Darryl\_Lict](#): > > I spent about 20 minutes, and I found a point at -33,038 feet. Just once? In 1960? 😉 Something told me that the Mariana Trench is what I should be looking for (I believe it’s been mentioned on these boards once or twice). I found the trench, but it’s not exactly a small trench. Finding the deepest point is like finding a needle in a haystack. I spent about 10 minutes searching around (I don’t have the willpower that you do), and I couldn’t find anything deeper than about 9,000 metres (30,000 feet), so I gave up and looked up the coordinates of the deepest point in Wikipedia. 11°19′N 142°15′E Even armed with these coordinates, I didn’t find anything deeper than 10,342 metres (33,930 feet), but Wikipedia says it should be 10,900 metres (35,760 ft). ---
**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deepest-point-you-can-find-on-google-earth/484226/3 "2009-02-03T09:48:52Z")
If you zoom in close enough to the coordinates in the spoiler, a Wikipedia icon pops up for the Bathyscaphe Trieste, which performed the infamous descent. Nearby is a Wikipedia icon for Challenger Deep. Poking around between these two icons I managed to find a point at -10,863 metres (-35,640 feet). ---
**Author:** ![Haakan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@Haakan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haakan)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deepest-point-you-can-find-on-google-earth/484226/4 "2016-04-17T12:49:46Z")
> [@Mbossa](#): > > If you zoom in close enough to the coordinates in the spoiler, a Wikipedia icon pops up for the Bathyscaphe Trieste, which performed the infamous descent. Nearby is a Wikipedia icon for Challenger Deep. Poking around between these two icons I managed to find a point at -10,863 metres (-35,640 feet). I have found -10.889 meter at 11_21’30,50’'N and 142_33’20,83’'E ---
**Author:** ![Haakan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@Haakan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haakan)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deepest-point-you-can-find-on-google-earth/484226/5 "2016-04-17T12:56:08Z")
I have found -10.889 meter at 11_21’30,50’'N and 142_33’20,83’'E ---
**Author:** ![Haakan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@Haakan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haakan)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deepest-point-you-can-find-on-google-earth/484226/6 "2016-04-17T13:18:16Z")
I have found -35.726 feet at 11_21’30,50’'N and 142_33’20,83’'E ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deepest-point-you-can-find-on-google-earth/484226/7 "2016-04-18T14:55:02Z")
> [@Haakan](#): > > I have found -10.889 meter at 11_21’30,50’'N and 142_33’20,83’'E Try this spot (converted): 11°21’30.50N, 142°33’20.83E