Aegean Sea Plate | |
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Type | Minor |
Movement1 | south-west |
Speed1 | 37 mm/year |
Features | Greece, Aegean Sea |
1Relative to the African Plate |
The Aegean Sea Plate (also called the Hellenic Plate or Aegean Plate) is a small tectonic plate located in the eastern Mediterranean Sea under southern Greece and far western Turkey. Its southern edge is a subduction zone south of Crete, where the African Plate is being swept under the Aegean Sea Plate. To the north is the Eurasian Plate, which is a divergent boundary responsible for the formation of the Gulf of Corinth.