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Scotia Plate

Size: About 1.6 million square kilometers. Notable Boundaries: South American Plate, Antarctic Plate, South Sandwich Trench.

African Plate

Size: 61.3 million square kilometers. Notable Boundaries: Red Sea Rift, East African Rift, Atlas Mountains.

South American Plate

Size: 43.6 million square kilometers. Notable Boundaries: Andes Mountains, mid-Atlantic Ridge, Caribbean Plate.

Arabian Plate

Size: Approximately 5 million square kilometers. Notable Boundaries: Red Sea Rift, Zagros Mountains, Persian Gulf.

Cocos Plate

Size: Roughly 2.9 million square kilometers. Notable Boundaries: Middle America Trench, East Pacific Rise, Central America.

Eurasian Plate

Size: 67.8 million square kilometers. Notable Boundaries: mid-Atlantic Ridge, Ural Mountains, Himalayas.

North American Plate

Size: 75.9 million square kilometers. Notable Boundaries: mid-Atlantic Ridge, San Andreas Fault, Aleutian Trench.

Philippine Sea Plate

Size: About 5 million square kilometers. Notable Boundaries: Philippine Trench, East China Sea, Manila Trench.

Nazca Plate

Size: 15.6 million square kilometers. Notable Boundaries: Andes Mountains, East Pacific Rise, Peru-Chile Trench.

Somali Plate

Size: Roughly 16.7 million square kilometers. Notable Boundaries: East African Rift, Arabian Plate, Indian Ocean.

Antarctic Plate

Size: 60.9 million square kilometers. Notable Boundaries: mid-Atlantic Ridge, Pacific-Antarctic Ridge, Scotia Arc.

Indo-Australian Plate

Size: 58.9 million square kilometers. Notable Boundaries: Himalayas, Java Trench, mid-Indian Ridge.

Pacific Plate

Size: 103 million square kilometers. Notable Boundaries: San Andreas Fault, East Pacific Rise, Tonga Trench.

Caribbean Plate

Size: About 3.2 million square kilometers. Notable Boundaries: Puerto Rico Trench, Cayman Trench, Central America.

Juan de Fuca Plate

Size: Roughly 250,000 square kilometers. Notable Boundaries: Cascadia Subduction Zone, Pacific Plate, Explorer Plate.

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