Information AboutPacific Plate |
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The Pacific Plate is an oceanic Tectonic Plate beneath the Pacific Ocean . To the north the easterly side is a Divergent Boundary with the Explorer Plate , the Juan De Fuca Plate and the Gorda Plate forming respectively the Explorer Ridge , the Juan De Fuca Ridge and the Gorda Ridge . In the middle the easterly side is a Transform Boundary with the North American Plate along the San Andreas Fault and a boundary with the Cocos Plate . To the south the easterly side is a Divergent Boundary with the Nazca Plate forming the East Pacific Rise . The southerly side is a Divergent Boundary with the Antarctic Plate forming the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge . The westerly side is a Convergent Boundary subducting under the Eurasian Plate to the north and the Philippine Plate in the middle forming the Mariana Trench . In the south, the Pacific Plate has a complex but generally convergent boundary with the Indo-Australian Plate , subducting under it north of New Zealand . The Alpine Fault marks a Transform Boundary between the two plates, and further south the Indo-Australian Plate subducts under the Pacific Plate. The northerly side is a Convergent Boundary subducting under the North American Plate forming the Aleutian Trench and the corresponding Aleutian Islands . The Pacific Plate contains an interior Hot Spot forming the Hawaiian Islands . |
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