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Cocos plate

The Cocos plate is a young oceanic tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Central America, named for Cocos Island, which rides upon it. The Cocos plate was created approximately 23 million years ago when the Farallon plate broke into two pieces, which also created the Nazca plate. The Cocos plate also broke into two pieces…

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Approximate area
2,900,000 km2
Features
Cocos Island, Pacific Ocean
Movement1
north-east
Speed1
67 mm/year
Type
Minor

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Cocos plate

Nodes38
Edges37
Triples24
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.052632
Components1

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Cocos plate

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related to Geology · 17
Cocos plate → As, Caribbean, Central America Volcanic Arc, Cocos, Cocos Ridge, Cocos-Nazca, Costa Rica, East Pacific Rise, From, Guatemala, In, Mexico, Middle America Trench, Nazca, Panama, The, The Cocos
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Cocos plate → Middle America Trench, young oceanic tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Central America
Approximate area · 1
Cocos plate → 2,900,000 km2
Features · 1
Cocos plate → Cocos Island, Pacific Ocean
Movement1 · 1
Cocos plate → north-east
Speed1 · 1
Cocos plate → 67 mm/year
Type · 1
Cocos plate → Minor

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plate cocos pacific island boundary north two also nazca rise beneath america rivera caribbean water lies west approximately broke pieces

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Cocos plateApproximate area2,900,000 km21.00infobox
Cocos plateFeaturesCocos Island, Pacific Ocean1.00infobox
Cocos plateMovement1north-east1.00infobox
Cocos plateSpeed167 mm/year1.00infobox
Cocos plateTypeMinor1.00infobox
Cocos plateis ayoung oceanic tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Central America0.90text
Cocos plateis aMiddle America Trench0.90text
Cocos platerelated to GeologyThe Cocos0.60section
Cocos platerelated to GeologyEast Pacific Rise0.60section
Cocos platerelated to GeologyCocos Ridge0.60section
Cocos platerelated to GeologyCocos-Nazca0.60section
Cocos platerelated to GeologyFrom0.60section

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