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  • Earth's Tectonic Plates: A Comprehensive List of Major & Minor Plates
    Here are the major tectonic plates of the Earth:

    Major Plates:

    * African Plate

    * Antarctic Plate

    * Eurasian Plate

    * Indo-Australian Plate

    * North American Plate

    * Pacific Plate

    * South American Plate

    Minor Plates:

    * Arabian Plate

    * Caribbean Plate

    * Cocos Plate

    * Nazca Plate

    * Philippine Sea Plate

    * Scotia Plate

    * Juan de Fuca Plate

    * Somalian Plate

    Microplates:

    * Okhotsk Plate

    * Burma Plate

    * Galapagos Plate

    * Iberian Plate

    * Aegean Sea Plate

    * Hellenic Plate

    * Iranian Plate

    * Turkish Plate

    * Andaman Plate

    * Banda Plate

    * Capricorn Plate

    * Sunda Plate

    * Woodlark Plate

    * Solomon Sea Plate

    * New Hebrides Plate

    * Fiji Plate

    * Easter Plate

    * Sandwich Plate

    * South Sandwich Plate

    * Caribbean Plate

    * North Anatolian Plate

    * South Anatolian Plate

    It's important to note that the boundaries between these plates are not always clearly defined and can change over time. The plates are constantly moving, colliding, separating, and sliding past each other, which shapes the Earth's surface and causes earthquakes, volcanic activity, and mountain formation.

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