Type Minor Movement east | Approximate area 170,000 km Speed 47mm/year | |
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Features South Sandwich Islands, Southern Ocean | ||
The South Sandwich Plate or Sandwich Plate is a minor tectonic plate bounded by the subducting South American Plate to the east, the Antarctic Plate to the south and the Scotia Plate to the west.
The South Sandwich Islands are located on this small plate.
References
South Sandwich Plate Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA