Plate tectonics map from NASA This is a list of tectonic plates on the Earth's surface. Tectonic plates are pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle, together referred to as the lithosphere. read more
Video: Major Plates of the Lithosphere: Earth's Tectonic Plates The outer shell of the earth, the lithosphere, is broken up into tectonic plates. The seven major plates are the African plate, Antarctic plate, Eurasian plate, Indo-Australian plate, North American plate, Pacific plate and South American plate. read more
The seven major lithospheric plates are the African plate, Antarctic plate, Eurasian plate, Indo-Australian plate, North American plate, South American plate and Pacific plate. These are also called Earth's tectonic plates, and there are actually more tectonic plates than just these seven, including several smaller microplates such as the Philippine plate in the Pacific Ocean. read more