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Give a brief overview of the important small plates of the lithosphere.

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According to the theory of plate tectonics, the lithosphere is divided into six major plates and twenty small plates. 

The minor plates are the following:

1. Cocos Plate: Its position is between the Central America and the Pacific Ocean Plate. 

2. Nazca Plate: It is between the South America and the Pacific Ocean Plate. 

3. Arabian Plate: This includes mostly the peninsular parts of Arabia. 

4. Philippine Plate: It is located between the of Asia – Pacific and Pacific Ocean Plate. 

5. Caroline Plate: Located in the north of New Guinea between the Philippine and the Indian Plate. 

6. Fuji Plate: Its position is in the north – east of the continent of Australia.

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