Horizon Deep

[ huh-rahy-zuhn deep ]

noun

1. the second-deepest known portion of seafloor in the world, located in the South Pacific Ocean’s Tonga Trench at a depth of 35,509 feet (10,823 meters). Compare Challenger Deep ( def ), Emden Deep ( def ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of Horizon Deep¹

First recorded in 1950–55; named after the research vessel Horizon of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, which discovered the deep in 1952

Example Sentences

And Prof Jamieson will shortly be undertaking dives in Bakunawa that will investigate the world's second deepest location - Horizon Deep, in the Pacific's Tonga Trench, where the seafloor is 10,816m below the surface.

From BBC

You must be only twelve years old if you've conveniently forgotten the Horizon Deep Water disaster that is still killing the Gulf of Mexico that occurred under the Obama Admin, how his administration aided the virtual blackout on any images of animals affected by the spill to be made public, that the 11 men whose lives perished that horrible day have been all but forgotten, and last but not least the Obama Administration's deeply enthusiastic support of extending pipelines from Canada right down to the Gulf.

From New York Times

What’s on the horizon: Deep green heads of broccoli and varieties of cauliflower — including Romanesco, known for its spiraling pointed cones — are coming into season, as are more varieties of citrus, including tangelos and limes.

From Los Angeles Times

To climb up on the highest land, and see yourself girt with fields of azure enamelled in sheets of sunshine and fleets of sails, and lifted against the horizon, deep, crystalline, and translucent as a gem,--that makes one feel strong in isolation, and produces keen races.

From Project Gutenberg

At the horizon, deep blue mountains.

From Project Gutenberg