Editing Nazca plate (section)

===East Pacific and Chile Rise===
{{Main|East Pacific Rise|Chile Rise}}

A [[triple junction]], the [[Chile triple junction]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nsm.buffalo.edu/courses/gly481-581/McGuire05_2.pdf |title=Tectonics of South America: Chile Triple Junction |date=8 April 2004 |author=Kelly McGuire |access-date=27 February 2016 |archive-date=19 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200119100719/http://www.nsm.buffalo.edu/courses/gly481-581/McGuire05_2.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> occurs on the seafloor of the [[Pacific Ocean]] off [[Taitao Peninsula|Taitao]] and [[Tres Montes Peninsula]] at the southern coast of [[Chile]]. Here, three [[tectonics|tectonic]] plates meet: the Nazca plate, the [[South American plate]], and the [[Antarctic plate]].