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North American Plate

tectonic plate
Landform tectonic_plate Q220305

Facts

3 properties

Identity

Instance of
tectonic plate

Location

Country
Russia, United States, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Mexico, Cuba, The Bahamas, Bermuda, Guatemala[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Shares border with
Eurasian Plate, African Plate, South American Plate, Caribbean Plate, Pacific Plate, Cocos Plate, Juan de Fuca Plate, Rivera Plate, Okhotsk Plate[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
🏷️ Also known as
en North American Plate ar صفيحه أمريكا الشماليه ar صفيحة أمريكا الشمالية ar صفيحة أمريكا cs Severoamerická deska da Nordamerikanske Plade de Nordamerikanische Platte el Βορειοαμερικάνικη πλάκα es Placa Norteamericana fa صفحه امریکای شمالی fa صفحه آمریکای شمالی fa صفحهٔ آمریکای شمالی fa صفحه ایالات متحدهی شمالی fa ورقه آمریکای شمالی fi Pohjois-Amerikan laatta fr plaque nord-américaine he הלוח הצפון אמריקאי he הלוח הצפון-אמריקאי hi उत्तर अमेरिकी तख़्ता hi उत्तर अमेरिकी तख़्ते
🔖 Identifiers · 8
OpenAlex ID
C2777992645
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
NorthAmericanPlate.png ↗
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/North-American-Plate
Freebase ID
/m/02h27l
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
den_nordamerikanske_platen
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2777992645
Quora topic ID
North-American-Plate
ScienceDirect topic ID
earth-and-planetary-sciences/north-american-plate

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🔗 Connections
Country 10
United States, Russia, Mexico, Canada, Iceland, Cuba, Guatemala, The Bahamas +2 more
Shares border with 9
Eurasian Plate, African Plate, South American Plate, Pacific Plate, Caribbean Plate, Cocos Plate, Juan de Fuca Plate, Okhotsk Plate +1 more
← Shares border with 9
Eurasian Plate, African Plate, South American Plate, Pacific Plate, Caribbean Plate, Cocos Plate, Juan de Fuca Plate, Okhotsk Plate +1 more
← Geomorphological unit 4
Iceland hotspot, Yellowstone hotspot, Azores hotspot, Anahim hotspot
Has these parts 1
Laurentia
Instance of 1
tectonic plate
← Located in/on physical feature 1
Indianapolis
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Summary

North American Plate is a tectonic plate[1].

Related Entities

Canada Cuba Greenland Guatemala Iceland Mexico Russia The Bahamas United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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