Nazca Plate
The Nazca Plate is an oceanic tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of South America.
The easterly side is a convergent boundary subducting under the South American Plate.
The southerly side is a divergent boundary with the Antarctic Plate.
The westerly side is a divergent boundary with the Pacific Plate forming the East Pacific Rise.
The northerly side is a boundary with the Cocos Plate.
The subducting Nazca Plate formed the volcanic Andes Mountain Range.
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