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Geology of the Pacific Ocean

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Coral Sea
Marginal sea in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of Australia
Pacific Ring of Fire
region at edges of Pacific Ocean known for tectonic activity
Eurasian Plate
tectonic plate
Pacific Plate
oceanic tectonic plate
North American Plate
tectonic plate
Antarctic Plate
tectonic plate
Nazca Plate
oceanic tectonic plate in the eastern Pacific Ocean basin
Indo-Australian Plate
tectonic plate
Philippine Sea Plate
tectonic plate
Cocos Plate
tectonic plate
Challenger Deep
deepest known point in the Earth's seabed hydrosphere
Juan de Fuca Plate
tectonic plate
Amurian Plate
tectonic plate
Sunda Plate
tectonic plate
Okhotsk Plate
tectonic plate
Caroline Plate
tectonic plate
Farallon Plate
tectonic plate
Yangtze Plate
tectonic plate
Okinawa Plate
tectonic plate
Tonga Plate
tectonic plate
Timor Plate
microplate in southeast Asia carrying the island of Timor and surrounding islands
New Hebrides Plate
tectonic plate
Gorda Plate
one of the northern remnants of the Farallon Plate
Galapagos Microplate
tectonic plate
Mariana Plate
small tectonic plate located west of the Mariana Trench; forms the basement of the Mariana Islands
Rivera Plate
tectonic plate
Maoke Plate
tectonic plate
Manus Plate
tiny tectonic plate northeast of New Guinea
Nankai Trough
submarine trough located south of Japan's island of Honshū
Bird's Head Plate
small tectonic plate in New Guinea
Balmoral Reef Plate
tectonic plate in the Pacific Ocean
Banda Sea Plate
tectonic plate occuring in Indonesia
North Bismarck Plate
tectonic plate in the Bismarck Sea
Woodlark Plate
tectonic plate
Molucca Sea Plate
tectonic plate in and near Indonesia
South Bismarck Plate
tectonic plate in the Bismarck See
Conway Reef Plate
tectonic plate
Easter Plate
tectonic plate
Solomon Sea Plate
tectonic plate
Explorer Plate
tectonic plate
Niuafo'ou Plate
tectonic plate
Kermadec Plate
tectonic plate
Juan Fernández Plate
tectonic plate
Kula Plate
oceanic tectonic plate under the northern Pacific Ocean which has been subducted under the North American Plate
New Britain Trench
trench in the Pacific Ocean
New Hebrides Trench
oceanic trench in the southern Pacific Ocean
Philippine Mobile Belt
complex portion of the tectonic boundary between the Eurasian Plate and the Philippine Sea Plate, comprising most of the country of the Philippines
Sahul Shelf
part of the continental shelf of the Australian continent
Futuna Plate
tectonic plate
Macdonald hotspot
hotspot in the Pacific Ocean
Sirena Deep
deep area in Mariana trench
Galapagos Triple Junction
place where the boundaries of the Cocos Plate, the Nazca Plate, and the Pacific Plate meet
Eltanin impact
asteroid impact in the southeast Pacific Ocean
andesite line
geologic distinction in the Pacific Ocean
Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc
convergent boundary in Micronesia
Eastern margin of the Sea of Japan
Geological feature in Japan
Mid Pacific Mountains
underwater mountain range from the southern tier of the Japan Trench to the Hawaiian Islands