The major plates are as follows :

(i) Antarctica and the surrounding oceanic plate

(ii) North American (with western Atlantic floor separated from the South American plate along the Caribbean islands) plate

(iii) South American (with western Atlantic floor separated from the North American plate along the Caribbean islands) plate

(iv) Pacific plate

(v) India-Australia-New Zealand plate

(vi) Africa with the eastern Atlantic floor plate

(vii) Eurasia and the adjacent oceanic plate.