Conway Reef Plate
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The Conway Reef Plate is a small tectonic plate (microplate) located in the south Pacific west of Fiji
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...

. It is bounded on the east and west by convergent boundaries, the western boundary is with the New Hebrides Plate
New Hebrides Plate
The New Hebrides Plate is a minor tectonic plate located in the Pacific Ocean near the island nation of Vanuatu. The plate is bounded on the southwest by the Indo-Australian Plate which is subducting below it. The New Hebrides Subduction Zone is extremely active, producing over 20 earthquakes of...

 while the eastern is with the Australian Plate. A short transform boundary also exists with the Balmoral Reef Plate
Balmoral Reef Plate
The Balmoral Reef Plate is a small tectonic plate located in the south Pacific north of Fiji. Clockwise from the north, it borders the Pacific Plate, Australian Plate, Conway Reef Plate, and the New Hebrides Plate. The northern and western borders are a divergent boundary while the rest of the...

to the north.
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