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ANTARCTIC PLATE

The Antarctica Plate is the fifth largest plate with a surface area of 60 900 000 kilometers squared and is the most southern plate- covering the continet of Antarctica. It is mostly surrounded by divergent boundaries except for the Scotia plate which it shares a transform boundary with. It is the coldest and driest place on earth containing the transantarctic mountains on the west side, and a shield on the east. 

 

 

Transantarctica Mountains

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