Tectonic plates are and important topic for UPSC exams. It is an important part of the GS 1 mains syllabus and it also forms an important segment of UPSC Prelims 2023. In this article we will discuss tectonic plates and a list of major and minor tectonic plates of earth.
Plates | Description |
African Plate | It is a major tectonic plate underlying Africa west of the East African Rift. |
Antarctic Plate | It is a major tectonic plate containing Antarctica and the surrounding ocean floor. |
Eurasian Plate | It is a tectonic plate which includes most of the continent of Eurasia. |
Indo-Australian plate 1. Australian Plate 2. Indian Plate | It is a major tectonic plate formed by the fusion of the Indian and Australian plates. 1. Major tectonic plate, originally a part of the ancient continent of Gondwana 2. A minor tectonic plate that got separated from Gondwana |
North American Plate | It is a large tectonic plate including most of North America, Greenland and part of Siberia |
Pacific Plate | It is an oceanic tectonic plate under the Pacific Ocean. |
South American Plate | It is a major tectonic plate which includes most of South America and a large part of the south Atlantic |
Plate | Description |
Amurian Plate | A minor tectonic plate in eastern Asia |
Arabian plate | Minor tectonic plate |
Burma plate | Minor tectonic plate in Southeast Asia |
Caribbean plate | A mostly oceanic tectonic plate including part of Central America and the Caribbean Sea |
Caroline plate | Minor oceanic tectonic plate north of New Guinea |
Cocos plate | Young oceanic tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Central America |
Indian plate | A minor tectonic plate that got separated from Gondwana |
Nazca plate | Oceanic tectonic plate in the eastern Pacific Ocean basin |
New Hebrides plate | Minor tectonic plate in the Pacific Ocean near Vanuatu |
Okhotsk plate | Minor tectonic plate in Asia |
Philippine sea plate | Oceanic tectonic plate to the east of the Philippines |
Scotia plate | Minor oceanic tectonic plate between the South American and Antarctic Plates |
Somali plate | Minor tectonic plate including the east coast of Africa and the adjoining seabed |
Sunda plate | Tectonic plate including Southeast Asia |
Yangtze plate | Small tectonic plate carrying the bulk of southern China |
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