North Galapagos microplate

North Galapagos microplate
Type	Minor
Movement^1	Counterclockwise 90 degrees
Speed^1	undefined
Features	Pacific Ocean
^1Relative to the African plate

The North Galapagos microplate is a small tectonic plate off the west coast of South America north of the Galápagos Islands.3.75°N 101.75°W / 3.75; -101.75^[1] It is rotating counterclockwise between three much larger crustal plates around it, the Nazca, Cocos and Pacific plates. To its south, another small microplate, the Galapagos Microplate is likewise rotating, but clockwise.^[2] Both microplates "mesh" along the interface between them.

References

1. "Columbia University Researchers Find Key to the Formation of New Seafloor Spreading Centers". December 3, 2002. Retrieved October 6, 2010.
2. "Galapagos Microplate". February 23, 2005. Archived from the original on July 26, 2010. Retrieved October 6, 2010.

• Bird, P. (2003) An updated digital model of plate boundaries, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 4(3), 1027, doi:10.1029/2001GC000252. [1]