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Caribbean Plate

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Moving east, creating volcanic activity in the Lesser Antilles

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Australian Plate

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Moving north, collision with the Pacific Plate creating the islands of Oceania

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Arabian Plate

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Moving northeast, forming the Red Sea Rift at the divergent boundary with the African Plate

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South American Plate

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Moving west, convergent boundary with the Nazca Plate and divergent boundary with the African Plate

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Nazca Plate

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Moving east, being subducted under the South American Plate forming the Peru-Chile Trench

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Scotia Plate

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Moving east-west, creating the South Sandwich Islands through volcanic activity

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Pacific Plate

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Moving northwest, major boundary with the North American Plate along the San Andreas Fault

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North American Plate

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Moving west-southwest, involved in the creation of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

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Indian Plate

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Moving north, convergent boundary with the Eurasian Plate creating the Himalayas

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Philippine Sea Plate

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Moving northwest, subduction zones around its margins creating volcanic island arcs

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Cocos Plate

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Moving northeast, subducted by the Caribbean Plate causing Central American volcanic activity

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Eurasian Plate

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Lateral motion relative to the African Plate, uplift of mountain ranges like the Alps and Himalayas

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Juan de Fuca Plate

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Moving to the east-northeast, subducting under the North American Plate at the Cascadia subduction zone

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Antarctic Plate

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Mainly stationary, surrounded mostly by divergent boundaries

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African Plate

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Moving northeast, slowly rifting to form the East African Rift

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