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Hawaii and the portion of California located to the west of the San Andreas fault (both of these locations are actually on the Pacific plate).

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What is the name of the tectonic plate that includes the US?

The tectonic plate that includes the US is the North American Plate. It is a major tectonic plate that covers a significant portion of North America, including the United States, Canada, and parts of Mexico.


What types of plate boundaries are found in or along the continental US?

The types of plate boundaries found in or along the continental US are primarily transform boundaries, where the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate slide past each other, creating faults like the San Andreas Fault in California. Additionally, subduction zones are found along the west coast, where the Juan de Fuca Plate is being subducted beneath the North American Plate.


What part of the US in not on the plate?

Hawaii


If you are standing in the middle of the US what type of plate boundary is occurring near you?

You would be standing near a divergent plate boundary, where tectonic plates are moving away from each other. This boundary can be found in the middle of the North American Plate, spreading along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the Atlantic Ocean.


What continent is Mount Kilauea on?

None of the above.The volcano is on the big island of Hawaii. See the related link for more information. Though it is on a Hawaiian island and part of the United States, country's claims to places do not effect their geographic location. Kilauea is on the Pacific plate and is part of the United States, however it is not part of the North American tectonic plate. Also for example Southern California west of the San Andreas fault is not on the North American Plate either, it is also on the Pacific.