page_title: Macquarie Triple Junction
section_title: Local tectonics
hierarchical_section_title: Macquarie Triple Junction / Local tectonics
caption_attribution_description: English: Leaky Transform Faults form
context_page_description: The Macquarie Triple Junction is a geologically active tectonic boundary located at 61°30′S 161°0′E at which the Indo-Australian Plate, Pacific Plate, and Antarctic Plate collide and interact. The term Triple Junction is given to particular tectonic boundaries at which three separate tectonic plates meet at a specific, singular location. The Macquarie Triple Junction is located on the seafloor of the southern region of the Pacific Ocean, just south of New Zealand. This tectonic boundary was named in respect to the nearby Macquarie Island, which is located southeast of New Zealand.
caption: Figure 3: Leaky Transform Faults, such as the Emerald Fracture Zone, form at bends in transform boundaries.
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