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  • Tectonic Plates: Types, Locations, and Number of Major Plates
    There are 7 major tectonic plates and many smaller plates.

    Here are the major plates:

    1. African Plate

    2. Antarctic Plate

    3. Eurasian Plate

    4. Indo-Australian Plate

    5. North American Plate

    6. Pacific Plate

    7. South American Plate

    The number of smaller plates can vary depending on how they are defined, but there are typically dozens more.

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