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Cocos Plate and nearby tectonic plates

By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Diagram shows tectonic plates and their relationship to one another, south of Costa Rica.
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Diagram of the Cocos Plate (purple) in relation to nearby tectonic plates. The yellow star indicates the study area. Source: Modified from Alataristarion [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

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Public Domain.