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What is the Antarctic plate?
The Antarctic plate is the tectonic plate under the continent of Antarctica. It extends northward below the oceans to where it meets the Nazca, South American, African, Indo-Australian, and Scotia Plates and forms a divergent boundary along the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge.
What is antarctic plates?
The Antarctic plate is the tectonic plate under the continent of Antarctica. It extends northward below the oceans to where it meets the Nazca, South American, African, Indo-Australian, and Scotia Plates and forms a divergent boundary along the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge.
Why is the scotia plate named so if it is no where near nova scotia?
The Sandwitch plate broke away and carried the Scotia plate along with it.
What relationship is there between a continent and a tectonic plate?
its called don't be lazY
What is the continent of The Falkland Islands?
South America. About 400 miles of the coast of Argentina, however it is a dependency of the United Kingdom although Argentina disputes ownership. In continental plate terms, it is on the South American plate, but lies close to the boundary with the Scotia plate to the south
Which plate does not carry a continent?
The Pacific Plate does not carry a continent.
What direction does the Scotia plate move in?
jam
On which tectonic plate is Nova Scotia located?
Nova Scotia, along with pretty much all of North America and Greenland, is on the North American plate.
A tectonic plate is another word for a continent?
Not exactly.The current continental and oceanic plates include: the Eurasian plate, Australian-Indian plate, Philippine plate, Pacific plate, Juan de Fuca plate, Nazca plate, Cocos plate, North American plate, Caribbean plate, South American plate, African plate, Arabian plate, the Antarctic plate, and the Scotia plate. These plates consist of smaller sub-plates.Tectonic plates can include continental crust or oceanic crust, and many plates contain both. For example, the African Plate includes the continent and parts of the floor of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
What is an example of an active continent to continent collision?
I can't give you a continent to continent but I can give you tectonic plate to tectonic plate. The Indian-Australian Plate is colliding with the Eurasian plate to form the Himalayan Mountains.
Which plate does not have a continent?
Two plates that have no continents on them are the nazca plate and coco's plate, i think there may be more but.
What are the 8 minor lithospheric plates?
7
