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These are the 16 tectonic plates:

Pacific Plate

Juan Da Fuca Plate

Cocos Plate

Caribean Plate

Nazca Plate

North America Plate

South America Plate

Scotia Plate

Antarctica Plate

African Plate

Arabian Plate

Indian Plate

Eurasian Plate

Pacific Plate

Philippine Plate

Indo-Austrailian Plate

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pacific, north american, south american, eurasia, african, indian, antarctic, Australia, scotia, Fiji, arabian, mi-atlantic, carrian, nazca
The seven major plates are: African Plate; Antarctic Plate; Eurasian Plate; Indo-Australian Plate; North American Plate; Pacific Plate; and the South American Plate.

There are also secondary and tertiary plates.
The main 7 tectonic plates around the world are: the Eurasian plate; African plate; Indo-Australian plate; Pacific plate; North American plate; South American plate; and the Antarctic plate.

The related link below has some maps of these plates.
African Plate

South American Plate

Antarctica Plate

Philippine Plate

Indo-Australian Plate

Pacific Plate

Eurasian Plate

North American Plate

Nazca Plate
The top ten sized tectonic plates are :-

  1. Pacific Plate - 103,280,000 km2
  2. North American Plate - 75,888,000 km2
  3. Eurasian Plate - 67,811,000 km2
  4. African Plate - 61,334,000 km2
  5. Antarctic Plate - 60,916,000 km2
  6. Australian Plate - 47,152,000 km2
  7. South American Plate - 43,617,000 km2
  8. Nazca Plate - 15,630,000 km2
  9. Indian Plate - 11,920,000 km2
  10. Philippine Plate - 5,447,000 km2

Antarctic Plate Pacific Plate

African Plate

Eurasian Plate

Capricorn plate

North American Plate

South American Plate

Australian Plate

Indian plate

Nasca plate
Pacific, North american, South American, Eurasian, African, Indian, Antarctic, Australian, Scotia, Fiji, Arabian, Mid-atlantic, Carribean, Nazca
There are seven Primary plates, as follows:

African Plate

Antarctic Plate

Eurasian Plate

Indo-Australian Plate

North American Plate

Pacific Plate

South American Plate

There are also seven Secondary plates, as follows:

Arabian Plate

Caribbean Plate

Cocos Plate

Juan de Fuca Plate

Nazca Plate

Philippine Sea Plate

Scotia Plate


The major tectonic plates on Earth are the Pacific Plate, the Indo-Australian Plate, the North American Plate, the Eurasian Plate, the African Plate, the South American Plate and the Antarctic Plate.

Please also see the related question.
Plate Area (Sq Km) African - 61,334,000 Antarctic - 60,916,000 Arabian - 5,010,900 Australian - 47,152,000 Caribbean - 3,319,000 Cocos - 2,860,000 Eurasian - 67,811,000 Indian - 11,920,000 North American - 75,888,000 Pacific - 103,280,000
Plate -- Area (Sq Km)

African - 61,334,000

Antarctic - 60,916,000

Arabian - 5,010,900

Australian - 47,152,000

Caribbean - 3,319,000

Cocos - 2,860,000

Eurasian - 67,811,000

Indian - 11,920,000

Juan de Fuca - 252,000

Nazca - 15,630,000

North American - 75,888,000

Pacific - 103,280,000

Philippine - 5,447,000

Scotia - 1,651,000

Somali - 16,667,000

South American - 43,617,000

Bismark microplate - 286,000

Burma microplate - 1,110,000

Caroline microplate - 1,720,000

Easter microplate - 133,000

Explorer microplate - 18,400

Fiji microplates - 1,144,000

Galapagos microplate - 12,000

Gorda microplate - 69,600

Juan Fernandez microplate - 96,000

Mariana microplate - 364,000

Rivera microplate - 73,000

Solomon microplate - 254,000

South Sandwich microplate - 166,000

Tonga microplate - 962,000

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