Antarctic Plate
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Antarctic plate
A major lithospheric plate, almost entirely bounded by constructive plate margins.
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Antarctic Plate
The Antarctic plate, shown in blue
The Antarctic Plate is a tectonic plate covering the continent of Antarctica and extending outward under the surrounding oceans. The Antarctic Plate has a boundary with the Nazca Plate, the South American Plate, the African Plate, the Indo-Australian Plate, the Scotia Plate and a divergent boundary with the Pacific Plate forming the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge.
The Antarctic plate is roughly 60,900,000 square kilometers.[1] It is the fifth biggest plate in the world.
The Antarctic plate movement is estimated at least 1 centimeter/per year towards the Atlantic Ocean.[citation needed]
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