Hellenic Plate
Hellenic Plate A microplate in the eastern Mediterranean which lies in the collision zone between the African Plate and the Eurasian Plate. The southern boundary of the Hellenic Plate is the Hellenic Trench, north of which there is a rising, non-volcanic arc. The Aegean Sea, further to the north, is undergoing widespread extension and subsidence.
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