Mount Everest (the highest point on the Earth’s surface at 5.49 miles / 8.84 km) is more than 1 mile / 1.6 km shorter than the Challenger Deep (the deepest point in the ocean at 6.86 miles/11.04 km).
Underwater Fact 6
Mount Everest (the highest point on the Earth’s surface at 5.49 miles / 8.84 km) is more than 1 mile / 1.6 km shorter than the Challenger Deep (the deepest point in the ocean at 6.86 miles/11.04 km).