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Ocean	Area	Average depth	Greatest known depth
	sq km	sq mi	%	m	ft		m	ft
^ 7th deepest trench in the world; 8 of the deepest 10, including 1–6, are in the Pacific Ocean*
Pacific	166,000,000	69,356,000	49.9	4300	14,100	Mariana Trench	11,033	36,198
Atlantic	82,000,000	32,000,000	25.7	3700	12,100	Puerto Rico Trench^*	8650	28,370
Indian	73,600,000	28,400,000	20.5	4000	13,000	Java Trench	7725	25,344
Arctic	13,986,000	5,400,000	3.9	1330	4300	Molloy Deep	5,608	18,399

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