THE EARTH
TECTONIC PLATES
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Question
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Scotia plate is present at the _________ end of South America.
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Eastern
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Western
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Northern
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Southern
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Antarctic Plate is bounded almost entirely by extensional mid-ocean ridge systems. The adjoining plates are the Nazca Plate, the South American Plate, the African Plate, the Somali Plate, the Indo-Australian Plate, the Pacific Plate, and, across a transform boundary, the Scotia Plate.
Detailed explanation-2: -To the east, there is a spreading ridge that separates the Sandwich and Scotia plates. On the northern and southern boundaries of the Scotia plate are left-lateral strike-slip plate boundary transform faults.
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