How far apart are the bow and stern sections of the Titanic wreck?

The bow and stern sections of the Titanic wreck lie about 600 meters apart on the seafloor. The separation occurred when the ship broke apart near the surface during its final descent on April 15, 1912.

The two sections followed very different paths downward. The bow, still relatively streamlined, descended at an angle and struck the seabed hard, digging deeply into the sediment. The stern was catastrophically damaged as it sank, probably rotating and suffering structural collapse as trapped air pockets imploded under increasing water pressure.

The distance between the sections is not the length of the debris field. Thousands of objects—including coal, machinery, fittings, and personal possessions—were scattered across a much wider area between and around the main wreck sections. The recognizable bow and heavily damaged stern rest at a depth of roughly 3,800 meters in the North Atlantic, while the debris field records the violent breakup and descent of the ship.