Juan Fernández Plate
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| Type | Minor |
| Approx. Area | 96,000 km2[1] |
| Movement1 | clockwise |
| Speed1 | 83mm/year |
| Features | Pacific Ocean |
| 1Relative to the African 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
- Bird, P. (2003) "An updated digital model of plate boundaries", Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 4(3), 1027, ] doi:10.1029/2001GC000252.
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