List of tectonic plates
Appearance
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This is a list of the biggest tectonic plates on Earth. Including small ones, there are about a hundred tectonic plates. These are only the
Primary plates
[change | change source]These seven plates make up most of the seven continents, and the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
- African plate
- Antarctic plate
- Indo-Australian plate
- North American plate
- Pacific plate
- South American plate
- Eurasian plate
Secondary plates
[change | change source]These plates are generally shown on major plate maps, with the exception of the Arabian and Indian plates, which are smaller than the others.
- Arabian plate
- Caribbean plate
- Cocos plate
- Juan de Fuca plate
- Indian plate
- Nazca plate
- Philippine Sea plate ( also known as the Filipino plate)
- Scotia plate
- Somali plate
- Panama Plate
Tertiary plates
[change | change source]These are parts of major plates, and bits and pieces of ancient plates that became broken up.
- Agean plate
Related pages
[change | change source]Other websites
[change | change source]- Bird, P. (2003) An updated digital model of plate boundaries Archived 2007-12-13 at the Wayback Machine also available as a large (13 mb) PDF file Archived 2003-08-06 at the Wayback Machine