What is Juan de Fuca Plate?
[[Image:JuandeFucasubduction.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Cutaway of the Juan de Fuca Plate<br />Image source: [[United States Geological Survey|USGS]]]] The '''[[Juan De Fuca]] Plate''' is a small [[Plate tectonics|tectonic plate]]. It was created from the [[Juan de Fuca Ridge]] which is sinking underneath the western side of the [[North American Plate]].<ref>[https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/major-tectonic-plates-on-earth.html How Many Tectonic Plates Are There?]</ref> The plate is west of the [[U.S. state|American states]] of [[Washington (state)|Washington]] and [[Oregon]] and the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Canadian province]] of [[British Columbia]]. Both the plate and ridge are named after the [[Juan de Fuca|explorer of the same name]]. It is the smallest tectonic plate in the world.{{fact|date=April 2022}} The second smallest tectonic plate (the Scotia plate) is 6.6 times larger. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Tectonic plates]] {{stub}}