Scotia Plate

E45983

microplate tectonic plate

The Scotia Plate is a small tectonic plate in the South Atlantic Ocean, located between the South American and Antarctic Plates and associated with the complex plate boundaries and seismic activity of the Scotia Sea region.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Scotia Plate canonical	27
Scotia Plate boundary region	4
Scotia Plate and Antarctic Plate	1
Scotia Plate boundary	1
Scotia Plate boundary zone	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	microplate ⓘ tectonic plate ⓘ
approximateArea	~1–3 million square kilometers ⓘ
associatedWith	South Sandwich Island arc volcanism ⓘ intermediate-depth earthquakes ⓘ seismic activity ⓘ shallow-focus earthquakes ⓘ subduction of South American Plate-derived lithosphere ⓘ
borderedBy	Antarctic Plate ⓘ Falkland microplate ⓘ Nazca Plate ⓘ Phoenix Plate remnant ⓘ Sandwich Plate ⓘ South American Plate ⓘ South Sandwich microplate ⓘ
boundedBy	spreading ridges ⓘ subduction zones ⓘ transform boundaries ⓘ
formedDuring	Cenozoic ⓘ
formedFrom	reorganization of South American–Antarctic plate boundary ⓘ
geodynamicRole	accommodates relative motion between South American and Antarctic Plates ⓘ
hasFeature	Bruce Bank ⓘ Discovery Bank ⓘ East Scotia Ridge ⓘ North Scotia Ridge ⓘ Scotia Sea ⓘ Shackleton Fracture Zone ⓘ South Sandwich Trench ⓘ South Scotia Ridge ⓘ Terror Rise ⓘ
hasSeafloorSpreadingCenter	East Scotia Ridge ⓘ
hasTrench	South Sandwich Trench ⓘ
locatedIn	Scotia Sea ⓘ surface form: Scotia Sea region South Atlantic ⓘ surface form: South Atlantic Ocean
movementDirection	eastward relative to South American Plate ⓘ westward relative to Antarctic Plate ⓘ
namedAfter	Scotia Sea ⓘ
near	Drake Passage ⓘ South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ⓘ surface form: South Georgia Island South Orkney Islands ⓘ Tierra del Fuego region ⓘ surface form: Tierra del Fuego
partOf	Earth lithosphere ⓘ
relativeMotionTo	Antarctic Plate ⓘ South American Plate ⓘ
separates	Drake Passage region between South America and Antarctica ⓘ
subductsBeneath	South Sandwich microplate ⓘ
tectonicSetting	back-arc basin ⓘ oceanic plate ⓘ
typeLocality	Scotia Sea ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indo-Australian Plate → hasBoundaryWith → Scotia Plate ⓘ

Scotia Ridge → separates → Scotia Plate ⓘ

Scotia Ridge → associatedWith → Scotia Plate ⓘ

Antarctic Plate → borders → Scotia Plate ⓘ

South American Plate → borders → Scotia Plate ⓘ

Scotia Sea → seafloorFeature → Scotia Plate ⓘ

Scotia Sea → tectonicSetting → Scotia Plate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scotia Plate boundary region

South Scotia Ridge → formsBoundaryBetween → Scotia Plate ⓘ

North Scotia Ridge → formsBoundaryOf → Scotia Plate ⓘ

North Scotia Ridge → relatedFeature → Scotia Plate ⓘ

breakup of Gondwana → resultsIn → Scotia Plate ⓘ

Scotia Arc → partOf → Scotia Plate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scotia Plate boundary zone

Scotia Arc → relatedTo → Scotia Plate ⓘ

South Sandwich Island Arc → overridingPlate → Scotia Plate ⓘ

South Sandwich microplate → locatedEastOf → Scotia Plate ⓘ

South Sandwich microplate → boundedBy → Scotia Plate ⓘ

South Sandwich microplate → overrides → Scotia Plate ⓘ

South Sandwich microplate → movementRelativeTo → Scotia Plate ⓘ

Shackleton Fracture Zone → tectonicSetting → Scotia Plate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scotia Plate boundary

Discovery Bank → locatedOnTectonicPlate → Scotia Plate ⓘ

Discovery Bank → geologicalSetting → Scotia Plate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scotia Plate boundary region

Discovery Bank → isSubfeatureOf → Scotia Plate ⓘ

Bruce Bank → locatedOnTectonicPlate → Scotia Plate ⓘ

Bruce Bank → hasTectonicContext → Scotia Plate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scotia Plate boundary region

Terror Rise → associatedWith → Scotia Plate ⓘ

Terror Rise → geologicalSetting → Scotia Plate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scotia Plate boundary region

Terror Rise → tectonicContext → Scotia Plate ⓘ

Falkland microplate → adjacentTo → Scotia Plate ⓘ

East Scotia Ridge → separates → Scotia Plate ⓘ

East Scotia Ridge → isBoundaryBetween → Scotia Plate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scotia Plate and Antarctic Plate

Austral Volcanic Zone of the Andes → subductingPlate → Scotia Plate ⓘ

South Orkney Microcontinent → associatedWith → Scotia Plate ⓘ

Pacific Plate boundary system → includesBoundaryWith → Scotia Plate ⓘ

South Georgia microcontinent → tectonicSetting → Scotia Plate ⓘ