south sandwich plate borders the south american plate on the east.
south sandwich plate borders the south american plate on the east.
which plate borders the south american plate on the east?
south sandwich plate
the easterly edge is a divergent boundary with the african plate; the southerly edge is a complex boundary with the antarctic plate, the scotia plate, and the sandwich plate; the westerly edge is a convergent boundary with the subducting nazca plate; and the northerly edge is a boundary with the caribbean plate and the oceanic crust of the north american plate. at the chile triple junction, near the west coast of the taitao–tres montes peninsula, an oceanic ridge known as the chile rise is actively subducting under the south american plate.
south american plate
caribbean plate









































the caribbean plate is a mostly oceanic tectonic plate underlying central america and the caribbean sea off the north coast of south america.









































roughly 3.2 million square kilometers (1.2 million square miles) in area, the caribbean plate borders the north american plate, the south american plate, the nazca plate and the cocos plate. these borders are regions of intense seismic activity, including frequent earthquakes, occasional tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions.









































section::::boundary types.
caribbean plate