What is the deepest point on earth?
The deepest point on earth is the Mariana Trench. It lies at the edge of two tectonic plates, the Pacific Plate and the Mariana Plate. The Pacific Plate to the east is being pushed under the Mariana Plate to the west. The deepest point is where those two plates come together and is known as the Mariana Trench proper. The trench is 124 miles east of the Mariana Islands. The maximum depth recorded is 36,037 feet, plus or minus 82 feet or 6.825 miles plus or minus 0.016 miles. 