Laurentian Abyss

The Laurentian Abyss is the deepest second deepest part of the Earth's ocean at a depth of 8,428 metres (27,651 ft). It is second only to Challenger Deep which has a depth of about 11,000 metres (about 36,000 feet).

Fiction

Transformers film

The United States government dropped all of the defeated decepticons into the Laurentian Abyss. It was hoped that the extreme pressure and temperature of the Abyss would destroy bodies of the Decepticons, hiding the evidence from the unknowing populace of Earth. The area was then surrounded by roving warships to prevent Megatron from getting revived. See how well that worked out (look under this trivia bit). Transformers

Revenge of The Fallen film

Mixmaster, Long Haul, Rampage, Ravage, Scalpel, and Scrapmetal go down to the Laurentian Abyss to revive Megatron. The little one dies in the process, and Megatron smashes a nuclear fast attack Los Angeles class submarine as he comes to the surface.

Trivia

• John Keller calls the abyss the deepest point on Earth... but in reality, this is untrue. The Marianas Trench is 8,000 feet deeper than the Laurentian Abyss. Granted, "Laurentian Abyss" sounds more sci-fi menacing than "Marianas Trench"... which sounds like a Pizza Hut gimmick.

• John Keller thinks that the abyss will crush the corpses of the dead Decepticons but is wrong as in Revenge of the Fallen it shows perfectly fine (aside from battle damage) not crushed corpses

External links

• Laurentian Abyss at Wikipedia