List of tectonic plates
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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
These seven plates make up most of the seven continents, and the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
Secondary plates
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
These are parts of major plates, and bits and pieces of ancient plates that became broken up.
- Agean plate
Related pages
Other websites
- 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
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