Juan de Fuca Plate

The Juan De Fuca Plate is a small tectonic plate. It was created from the Juan de Fuca Ridge which is sinking underneath the western side of the North American Plate.[1]

Cutaway of the Juan de Fuca Plate
Image source: USGS

The plate is west of the American states of Washington and Oregon and the Canadian province of British Columbia. Both the plate and ridge are named after the explorer of the same name. It is the smallest tectonic plate in the world. The second smallest tectonic plate (the Scotia plate) is 6.6 times larger.

References
  1. How Many Tectonic Plates Are There?
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