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Juan Fernández Plate

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Type
  
Minor

Movement
  
clockwise

Features
  
Pacific Ocean

Approximate area
  
96,000 km

Speed
  
83mm/year

Juan Fernández Plate

The Juan Fernández Plate is a small tectonic plate located at the triple junction between the Nazca Plate, Antarctic Plate and the Pacific Plate. It is moving in a clockwise direction. The Juan Fernández Islands of Chile are not carried on this plate as may be suggested by the name.

References

Juan Fernández Plate Wikipedia


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