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    The Galapagos Triple Junction is a geological area in the eastern Pacific Ocean several hundred miles west of the Galapagos Islands where three tectonic...
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    A triple junction is the point where the boundaries of three tectonic plates meet. At the triple junction each of the three boundaries will be one of...
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    collocated with the Galapagos Triple Junction, which is an atypical ridge-ridge-ridge triple junction. At the Galapagos Triple Junction, the Pacific Plate...
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    The Galápagos hotspot is a volcanic hotspot in the East Pacific Ocean responsible for the creation of the Galápagos Islands as well as three major aseismic...
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    The Galapagos Rise is a divergent boundary located between the South American coast and the triple junction of the Nazca Plate, the Cocos Plate, and the...
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    The Galápagos Islands (Spanish: Islas Galápagos) are an archipelago of volcanic islands in the Eastern Pacific, located around the Equator 900 km (560 mi)...
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    plate to the west of Easter Island Galápagos Microplate – Very small tectonic plate at the Galapagos Triple Junction Juan Fernández Plate – Very small...
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    The Rodrigues Triple Junction (RTJ), also known as the Central Indian [Ocean] Triple Junction (CITJ) is a geologic triple junction in the southern Indian...
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    Plate Woodlark Plate Yangtze Plate Boso Triple Junction Galapagos Triple Junction Mendocino Triple Junction Alcedo Volcano Alofi Island Ball's Pyramid...
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  • Mount Fuji – Volcano in Yamanashi and Shizuoka Prefectures, Japan Galapagos Triple Junction – Place where the boundaries of the Cocos Plate, the Nazca Plate...
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