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Major And Minor Plates

1-  Antarctica and the surrounding      oceanic plate 2-  North American (with western Atlantic      floor separated from the South American      plate along the Caribbean islands) plate 3- South American (with western Atlantic     floor separated from the North American     plate along the Caribbean islands) plate 4- Pacific plate 5- India-Australia-New Zealand plate 6- Africa with the eastern Atlantic floor plate 7- Eurasia and the adjacent oceanic plate. Some important minor plates are listed below: (i)- Cocos plate : Between Central America         and Pacific plate (ii)- Nazca plate : Between South America          and Pacific plate (iii)- Arabian plate : Mostly the Saudi Arabian           landmass (iv)- Philippine plate : Between the Asiatic and         Pacific plate (v)- Caroline plate : Between the Philippine        and Indian plate (North of New Guinea) (vi)- Fuji plate : North-east of Australia.         These plates have been constantly moving