Extremities of the Earth: The Lowest Natural Point
Posted by: Julie Stoner
It was once thought that the ocean floor was a vast, flat, featureless plain. In the 1840s, explorers began to measure the depth of the ocean and came to the realization that there was as much variety in the contours of the ocean floor as there was on dry land. It is at the bottom …
Posted in: Exploration, Physical Geography, Series: Extremities of the Earth