What is List of tectonic plates?
[[Image:Quake epicenters 1963-98.png|thumb|Global earthquake epicenters, 1963-1998.]] [[Image:Plates tect2 en.svg|thumb|right|Current plates (2019)]] [[Image:Plate tectonics map.gif|thumb|right|Plate tectonics map from NASA]] This is a list of the biggest '''tectonic plates''' on [[Earth]]. Including small ones, there are about a hundred [[tectonic plate|tectonic plates]]. These are only the == Primary plates == These seven plates make up most of the seven [[continents]], and the [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] and [[Atlantic Ocean]]s. * [[African plate]] * [[Antarctic plate]] * [[Indo-Australian plate]] * [[North American plate]] * [[Pacific plate]] * [[South American plate]] * [[Eurasian plate]] == Secondary plates == These plates are generally shown on major plate maps, with the exception of the Arabian and Indian plates, which are smaller than the others. *[[Arabian plate]] *[[Caribbean plate]] *[[Cocos plate]] *[[Juan de Fuca Plate|Juan de Fuca plate]] *[[Indian plate]] *[[Nazca plate]] *[[Philippine Sea plate]] ( also known as the Filipino plate) *[[Scotia plate]] * [[Somali plate]] *Panama Plate == Tertiary plates == These are parts of major plates, and bits and pieces of ancient plates that became broken up. * Agean plate == Related pages== *[[Plate tectonics]] == Other websites == *[http://element.ess.ucla.edu/publications/2003_PB2002/2003_PB2002.htm Bird, P. (2003) An updated digital model of plate boundaries] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213022939/http://element.ess.ucla.edu/publications/2003_PB2002/2003_PB2002.htm |date=2007-12-13 }} also available as a large (13 mb) [http://element.ess.ucla.edu/publications/2003_PB2002/2001GC000252.pdf PDF file] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030806055327/http://element.ess.ucla.edu/publications/2003_PB2002/2001GC000252.pdf |date=2003-08-06 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:tectonic plates, List of }} [[Category:Plate tectonics|*]] [[Category:Science-related lists]]