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South Sandwich Plate, the Glossary

Index South Sandwich Plate

The South Sandwich Plate or the Sandwich Plate is a small tectonic plate (microplate) bounded by the subducting South American Plate to the east, the Antarctic Plate to the south, and the Scotia Plate to the west.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 10 relations: Antarctic Plate, Back-arc basin, Convergent boundary, Lithosphere, Plate tectonics, Scotia Plate, South American Plate, South Sandwich Islands, Southern Ocean, Subduction.

  2. Geology of the Atlantic Ocean

Antarctic Plate

The Antarctic Plate is a tectonic plate containing the continent of Antarctica, the Kerguelen Plateau, and some remote islands in the Southern Ocean and other surrounding oceans.

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Back-arc basin

A back-arc basin is a type of geologic basin, found at some convergent plate boundaries.

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Convergent boundary

A convergent boundary (also known as a destructive boundary) is an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide.

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Lithosphere

A lithosphere is the rigid, outermost rocky shell of a terrestrial planet or natural satellite.

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Plate tectonics

Plate tectonics is the scientific theory that Earth's lithosphere comprises a number of large tectonic plates, which have been slowly moving since 3–4 billion years ago.

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Scotia Plate

The Scotia Plate is a minor tectonic plate on the edge of the South Atlantic and Southern oceans. South Sandwich Plate and Scotia Plate are geology of the Atlantic Ocean.

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South American Plate

The South American Plate is a major tectonic plate which includes the continent of South America as well as a sizable region of the Atlantic Ocean seabed extending eastward to the African Plate, with which it forms the southern part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. South Sandwich Plate and south American Plate are geology of the Atlantic Ocean.

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South Sandwich Islands

The South Sandwich Islands (Islas Sandwich del Sur) are a chain of uninhabited volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean.

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Southern Ocean

The Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of the world ocean, generally taken to be south of 60° S latitude and encircling Antarctica.

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Subduction

Subduction is a geological process in which the oceanic lithosphere and some continental lithosphere is recycled into the Earth's mantle at convergent boundaries.

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See also

Geology of the Atlantic Ocean

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Sandwich_Plate

Also known as Sandwich Plate.