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Nazca plate
oceanic tectonic plate in the eastern Pacific Ocean basin / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Nazca plate is an oceanic tectonic plate in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is named after the Nazca region of southern Peru.
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The region is off the west coast of South America. The ongoing subduction of the Nazca plate under the South American plate is largely responsible for the Andean orogeny.[1]