THE EARTH
TECTONIC PLATES
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Scotia
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Gorda
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Caribbean
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Nazca
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Nazca Plate is bounded on the west by the Pacific Plate and to the south by the Antarctic Plate through the East Pacific Rise and the Chile Rise respectively.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: There is a divergent boundary between the Nazca Plate and the Pacific Plate. This occurs at the western side of the Nazca Plate and the eastern side of the Pacific plate that forms the East Pacific Rise.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Galápagos Rise is a divergent boundary between the South American coast and the triple junction of the Nazca Plate, the Cocos Plate and the Pacific Plate.
Detailed explanation-4: -Examples of ocean-continent convergent boundaries are subduction of the Nazca Plate under South America (which has created the Andes Mountains and the Peru Trench) and subduction of the Juan de Fuca Plate under North America (creating the Cascade Range).
Detailed explanation-5: -The Nazca Plate is moving eastwards, towards the South American Plate, at about 79mm per year.