ScotiaPlate

References used: [|www.wikipedia.com] The earth has a variety of major plates which include: the Eurasian plate, Australian-Indian plate, Philippine plate, Pacific plate, Juan de Fuca plate, Nazca plate, Coco’s plate, North American plate, Caribbean plate, South American plate, African plate, Arabian plate, the Antarctic plate, and the Scotia plate. The Scotia plate is an oceanic tectonic plate. It borders the South American Plate on the north and the South Sandwich microplate to the east. Also on the south and west it borders the Antarctic Plate. It has a transform fault boundary. Meaning crust is created between diverging plates to create a boundary. This is on the north and south side of the plate. On the eastern side of the plate between it and the Sandwich plate is a spreading boundary. Basically that means there is an underwater mountain range which is formed by a plate tectonic. Also some scientists think that because of the westward motion of the South American plate may have forced the Caribbean and Scotia plates at the south and north ends of each to cause them to squeeze around the South American plate.