Interactive Map of the World Tectonic Plates


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To view the GPS velocities of a specific plate, click within the boundaries of a specific plate. The three largest plates have been split into multiple sections. North America has been sectioned off into four sections, the northernmost regions, Canada, Greenland and Iceland, the United States, and Central America. The Pacific Ocean has been split into northern and southern regions, whereas Antarctica is split east and west. In case of browser incompatibility on older systems, hypertexts links to each plate or region are listed below:


AMUR ARABIA AUSTRALIA AZORES BERING
CANADA GREENLAND ICELAND CAPRICORN CAROLINE CENTRAL AMERICA EAST ANTARCTIC
EURASIA INDIA JUAN DE FUCA LWANDLE MACQUARIE
NAZCA NORTH AMERICA NORTH PACIFIC NUBIA OKHOTSK
PHILIPPINE SEA SANDWICH SCOTIA SOMALIA SOUTH AMERICA
SOUTH PACIFIC SUNDALAND SUR UNITED STATES WEST ANTARCTIC
YANGTZE