Galápagos microplate

The Galápagos microplate (GMP) is a geological feature of the oceanic crust located at 1°50' N, offshore of the west coast of Colombia. The GMP is collocated with the Galápagos triple junction (GTJ), which is an atypical ridge–ridge–ridge triple junction. At the GTJ, the Pacific plate, Cocos plate, and Nazca plate meet incompletely, forming two counter-rotating microplates at the junction of the Cocos–Nazca, Pacific–Cocos, and Pacific–Nazca spreading ridges.

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