Editing Nazca plate (section)

==Intraplate features==

===Hotspots===
{{Main|Easter hotspot|Juan Fernández hotspot|Galápagos hotspot}}

A second triple junction occurs at the northwest corner of the plate where the Nazca, Cocos, and Pacific plates all join off the coast of [[Colombia]]. Yet another triple junction occurs at the southwest corner at the intersection of the Nazca, Pacific, and Antarctic plates off the coast of southern [[Chile]]. At each of these triple junctions an ''[[:wikt:anomaly|anomalous]]'' microplate exists, the [[Galapagos microplate]] at the northern junction and the [[Juan Fernandez microplate]] at the southern junction. The [[Easter Plate|Easter Island microplate]] is a third microplate that is located just north of the Juan Fernandez Microplate and lies just west of [[Easter Island]].

===Aseismic ridges===
{{Main|Nazca Ridge|Juan Fernández Ridge|Carnegie Ridge|}}

The '''Carnegie Ridge''' is a {{convert|1350|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}} and up to {{convert|300|km|mi|adj=mid|-wide}} feature on the ocean floor of the northern Nazca plate that includes the [[Galápagos Islands|Galápagos archipelago]] at its western end. It is being subducted under South America with the rest of the Nazca plate.