<Tr> <Th> Speed </Th> <Td> 26 mm / year (1.0 in / yr) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Features </Th> <Td> Pacific Ocean </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Relative to the African Plate </Td> </Tr> <P> The Juan de Fuca Plate is a tectonic plate generated from the Juan de Fuca Ridge and is subducting under the northerly portion of the western side of the North American Plate at the Cascadia subduction zone . It is named after the explorer of the same name . One of the smallest of Earth's tectonic plates, the Juan de Fuca Plate is a remnant part of the once - vast Farallon Plate, which is now largely subducted underneath the North American Plate . </P>

What type of convergent boundary is the juan de fuca plate