Nazca Plate

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oceanic plate tectonic plate

The Nazca Plate is an oceanic tectonic plate in the southeastern Pacific that subducts beneath the South American Plate, driving Andean mountain building and frequent earthquakes and volcanism along the western coast of South America.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Nazca Plate domain	1
Nazca oceanic domain	1
Nazca oceanic plate	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	oceanic plate ⓘ tectonic plate ⓘ
associatedWithFeature	Atacama Trench ⓘ
associatedWithPhenomenon	earthquakes along the western coast of South America ⓘ volcanism along the western coast of South America ⓘ
associatedWithSeismicHazard	Megathrust earthquakes in Chile ⓘ Megathrust earthquakes in Peru ⓘ
associatedWithTrench	Peru–Chile Trench region ⓘ surface form: Peru–Chile Trench
associatedWithVolcanicArc	Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes ⓘ surface form: Andean Volcanic Belt
associatedWithVolcanicProvince	Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes ⓘ Northern Volcanic Zone of the Andes ⓘ Southern Volcanic Zone of the Andes ⓘ
bordersPlate	Antarctic Plate ⓘ Caribbean Plate ⓘ Cocos Plate ⓘ Pacific Plate ⓘ South American Plate ⓘ
causesGeologicalProcess	back-arc deformation in South America ⓘ crustal shortening in the Andes ⓘ forearc basin formation along western South America ⓘ
causesProcess	Andean mountain building ⓘ
createdAtRidge	Chile Rise ⓘ East Pacific Rise ⓘ
drivesOrogeny	Andes ⓘ surface form: Andes Mountains
influencesTopographyOf	Altiplano plateau ⓘ Andes ⓘ surface form: Andes Mountains
knownFor	active subduction margin ⓘ frequent large earthquakes ⓘ
locatedInOcean	Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Southeastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: southeastern Pacific Ocean
motionDirection	eastward ⓘ
namedAfter	Nazca culture ⓘ surface form: Nazca region of southern Peru
overriddenBy	South American Plate ⓘ
partOf	Earth lithosphere ⓘ
partOfSystem	Andean subduction system ⓘ
plateBoundaryTypeWithAntarcticPlate	transform boundary ⓘ
plateBoundaryTypeWithCaribbeanPlate	convergent boundary ⓘ
plateBoundaryTypeWithCocosPlate	divergent boundary ⓘ
plateBoundaryTypeWithPacificPlate	divergent boundary ⓘ
plateBoundaryTypeWithSouthAmericanPlate	convergent boundary ⓘ
plateType	oceanic ⓘ
relativeMotionDirectionToSouthAmericanPlate	eastward ⓘ
subductionStyle	oceanic–continental subduction ⓘ
subductionZoneName	Peru–Chile Trench region ⓘ surface form: Peru–Chile Trench
subductsBeneath	South American Plate ⓘ
tectonicSetting	convergent margin ⓘ
underlies	Nazca Basin ⓘ Nazca Ridge ⓘ

Referenced by (45)

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

Atacama Trench → associatedWith → Nazca Plate ⓘ

Chile Rise → associatedWith → Nazca Plate ⓘ

Nazca Basin → associatedWith → Nazca Plate ⓘ

Pacific Ring of Fire → associatedWith → Nazca Plate ⓘ

Ring of Fire → associatedWith → Nazca Plate ⓘ

Scotia Plate → borderedBy → Nazca Plate ⓘ

Antarctic Plate → borders → Nazca Plate ⓘ

Cocos Plate → borders → Nazca Plate ⓘ

South American Plate → borders → Nazca Plate ⓘ

African Plate → boundedBy → Nazca Plate ⓘ

Pacific Plate → boundedBy → Nazca Plate ⓘ

eastern Pacific Ocean → boundedBy → Nazca Plate ⓘ

Nazca Basin → featureOf → Nazca Plate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nazca oceanic plate

Atacama Trench → formedBySubductionOf → Nazca Plate ⓘ

Nazca Basin → geologicalProvince → Nazca Plate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nazca Plate domain

Caribbean Plate → hasBoundaryWith → Nazca Plate ⓘ

Indo-Australian Plate → hasBoundaryWith → Nazca Plate ⓘ

North American Plate → hasBoundaryWith → Nazca Plate ⓘ

Farallon Plate → hasRemnant → Nazca Plate ⓘ

Andean subduction system → hasSubductingPlate → Nazca Plate ⓘ

Pacific Ocean → hasTectonicBoundary → Nazca Plate ⓘ

Nazca Ridge → isNamedAfter → Nazca Plate ⓘ

Nazca Ridge → locatedOn → Nazca Plate ⓘ

Cocos–Nazca spreading center → namedAfter → Nazca Plate ⓘ

Nazca Basin → namedAfter → Nazca Plate ⓘ

Galápagos Islands → onTectonicPlate → Nazca Plate ⓘ

Caribbean Plate → overrides → Nazca Plate ⓘ

Easter Island volcanic complex → partOf → Nazca Plate ⓘ

Nazca Basin → partOf → Nazca Plate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nazca oceanic domain

Cocos–Nazca spreading center → plateBoundaryBetween → Nazca Plate ⓘ

2010 Chile earthquake → plateInvolved → Nazca Plate ⓘ

breakup of Gondwana → resultsIn → Nazca Plate ⓘ

Chile Rise → separates → Nazca Plate ⓘ

Cocos–Nazca spreading center → separates → Nazca Plate ⓘ

East Pacific Rise → separates → Nazca Plate ⓘ

Atacama Trench → subductingPlate → Nazca Plate ⓘ

Peru–Chile Trench region → subductingPlate → Nazca Plate ⓘ

Southern Volcanic Zone of the Andes → subductingPlate → Nazca Plate ⓘ

Northern Volcanic Zone of the Andes → subductionOf → Nazca Plate ⓘ

South American Plate → subductionOf → Nazca Plate ⓘ

Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes → tectonicPlate → Nazca Plate ⓘ

Lascar volcano → tectonicPlate → Nazca Plate ⓘ

Tupungatito volcano → tectonicPlate → Nazca Plate ⓘ

subject surface form: Tupungatito

Cocos–Nazca spreading center → tectonicPlateRegion → Nazca Plate ⓘ

Nazca Basin → underlainBy → Nazca Plate ⓘ