Cayman Trench

Cayman Islands / Grand Cayman / George Town /
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Also known as Cayman Trough or Bartlett Through. 7,686 metres depth, located 18.5N, 83W according to WIkipedia coordinates. Maybe the actual coordinates shall be update in the future.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cayman_Trench
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Coordinates:   18°33'38"N   83°7'11"W

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  • World's deepest known undersea volcanic vent found. Experts aboard the RRS James Cook said they found the underwater volcanic vent more than three miles (five kilometers) beneath the surface of the Caribbean in an area known as the Cayman Trough, a deep-sea canyon that served as the setting for James Cameron's underwater thriller "The Abyss." Geologist Bramley Murton, the submersible's pilot, said exploring the area was "like wandering across the surface of another world," complete with spires of multicolored mineral deposits and thick collections of fluorescent blue microorganisms thriving in the slightly cooler waters around the chimneys
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