List of Tectonic Plate Interactions - Transform Boundaries

Transform Boundaries

• The San Andreas Fault in California is an active transform boundary. The Pacific Plate (carrying the city of Los Angeles) is moving northwards with respect to the North American Plate.
• The Queen Charlotte Fault on the Pacific Northwest coast of North America
• The Motagua Fault, which crosses through Guatemala, is a transform boundary between the southern edge of the North American Plate and the northern edge of the Caribbean Plate.
• New Zealand's Alpine Fault is another active transform boundary.
• The Dead Sea Transform (DST) fault which runs through the Jordan River Valley in the Middle East.