'Milwaukee Deep' is the deepest part of the
Atlantic Ocean, with a maximum depth of 28,232 feet (8605 meters) and is part of the
Puerto Rico Trench. Its location at
19°35'N, 066°30'W is just 135 km north of the coast of
Puerto Rico. This ocean floor feature is named for the
USS ''Milwaukee'' (CL-5), a U.S. Navy Omaha class
cruiser, which discovered the Milwaukee Deep on
February 14,
1939.
In Popular Culture
In the
March 11,
2007 episode of
Without a Trace, the Milwaukee Deep was featured in the plot line, misnamed "The Milwaukee Depth."
External links
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Information about the Puerto Rico Trench
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