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South American Atlantic
SN	No longer a valid term for GeoRef. Used from 1981-1994 for southwestern Atlantic bounded on the on the east by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, and on the north by a line drawn between Cabo de Sao Roque, Brazil to Cape Palmas, Liberia. See South Atlantic.

South American Pacific
SN	Used from 1981-1994 for a region in the southeastern Pacific bounded on the north by the equator, on the east by South America, on the south by approximately 55#DGS, and on the west by the East Pacific Rise. See Southeast Pacific.

South American Plate
RT	Chile Margin Triple Junction
	plate tectonics
	plates
	South America
SN	Includes the South American continent (excluding a small portion in the Caribbean Plate) and part of the Atlantic Ocean W of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Extends northward to the Caribbean region and southward to the Scotia Ridge. Indexed with geographic area