what are the plates under mariana trench
By Jennifer Kennedy. The Mariana Trench (also called the Marianas Trench) is the deepest part of the ocean. This trench lies in an area where two of the Earth's plates-the Pacific Plate and the Philippine Plate-come together. The Pacific plate dives under the Philippine plate, which also partially gets pulled along (read more about this collision under oceanic-oceanic convergence here).