🔆 Important Trenches 📍 Mariana Trench • Location: Western Pacific (Near Guam) • Plates Involved: Pacific Plate subducting under Philippine Plate. Includes the Challenger Deep (10,971m) 📍 Tonga Trench • Location: South Pacific (Near Tonga) • Plates Involved: Pacific Plate subducting under Indo-Australian Plate 📍 Kuril-Kamchatka Trench • Location: Northwest Pacific (Near Russia, Japan) • Plates Involved: Pacific Plate subducting under Eurasian Plate 📍 Peru-Chile Trench (Atacama Trench) • Location: Eastern Pacific (Off South America) • Plates Involved: Nazca Plate subducting under South American Plate 📍 Philippine Trench • Location: West Pacific (Near Philippines) • Plates Involved: Philippine Plate subducting under Eurasian Plate 🔆 Oceans (Pacific & Atlantic Oceans) 📍 Japan Trench • Location: Northwest Pacific (Off Japan) • Plates Involved: Pacific Plate subducting under Eurasian Plate 📍 Kermadec Trench • Location: South Pacific (Near New Zealand) • Plates Involved: Pacific Plate subducting under Indo-Australian Plate 📍 Aleutian Trench • Location: North Pacific (Near Alaska) • Plates Involved: Pacific Plate subducting under North American Plate 📍 Middle America Trench • Location: Eastern Pacific (Off Central America) • Plates Involved: Cocos Plate subducting under North American & Caribbean Plates