which of the following is not a major plate
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The seven major plates are the African plate, Antarctic plate, Eurasian plate, Indo-Australian plate, North American plate, Pacific plate and South American plate.
Major plates
These plates comprise the bulk of the continents and the Pacific Ocean. For purposes of this list, a major plate is any plate with an area greater than 20 million km2.
Pacific Plate – An oceanic tectonic plate under the Pacific Ocean – 103,300,000 km2
North American Plate – Large tectonic plate including most of North America, Greenland and part of Siberia. – 75,900,000 km2
Eurasian Plate – A tectonic plate which includes most of the continent of Eurasia – 67,800,000 km2
African Plate – Tectonic plate underlying Africa west of the East African Rift – 61,300,000 km2
Antarctic Plate – A tectonic plate containing the continent of Antarctica and extending outward under the surrounding oceans – 60,900,000 km2
Indo-Australian Plate – A major tectonic plate formed by the fusion of the Indian and Australian plates – 58,900,000 km2 often considered two plates:
Australian Plate – A major tectonic plate, originally a part of the ancient continent of Gondwana – 47,000,000 km2
Indian Plate – Major Tectonic plate that got separated from Gondwana – 11,900,000 km2
South American Plate – Major tectonic plate which includes most of South America and a large part of the south Atlantic – 43,600,000 km2
Minor plates
These smaller plates are often not shown on major plate maps, as the majority do not comprise significant land area. For purposes of this list, a minor plate is any plate with an area less than 20 million km2 but greater than 1 million km2.
Somali Plate – Minor tectonic plate including the east coast of Africa and the adjoining seabed – 16,700,000 km2
Nazca Plate – Oceanic tectonic plate in the eastern Pacific Ocean basin – 15,600,000 km2[note 1]
Amurian Plate – A minor tectonic plate in eastern Asia
Sunda Plate – A minor tectonic plate including most of Southeast Asia
Philippine Sea Plate – oceanic tectonic plate to the east of the Philippines – 5,500,000 km2
Okhotsk Plate – Minor tectonic plate including the Sea of Okhotsk, the Kamchatka Peninsula, Sakhalin Island and Tōhoku and Hokkaidō in Japan
Arabian Plate – A tectonic plate consisting mostly of the Arabian Peninsula, extending northward to the Levant – 5,000,000 km2
Yangtze Plate – A small tectonic plate carrying the bulk of southern China
Caribbean Plate – A mostly oceanic tectonic plate including part of Central America and the Caribbean Sea – 3,300,000 km2
Cocos Plate – young oceanic tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Central America – 2,900,000 km2
Caroline Plate – Minor oceanic tectonic plate north of New Guinea – 1,700,000 km2
Scotia Plate – Minor oceanic tectonic plate between the South American and Antarctic Plates – 1,600,000 km2
Juan de Fuca Plate – small tectonic plate in the eastern North Pacific
Burma Plate – A minor tectonic plate in Southeast Asia – 1,100,000 km2
New Hebrides Plate – Minor tectonic plate in the Pacific Ocean near Vanuatu – 1,100,000 km2