South American
geo:plate:south_americanSouth American Plate: (~44 million km²); carries South America and western South Atlantic; Nazca Plate subducts beneath its western margin, building the Andes; eastern margin is Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
South American Plate: (~44 million km²); carries South America and western South Atlantic; Nazca Plate subducts beneath its western margin, building the Andes; eastern margin is Mid-Atlantic Ridge.