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Q&A Where should my island mountain ranges be, based on my plate tectonics?

I've sketched out an island, and then threw some tectonic plate boundaries on top hoping it would help me plot mountains. But the more I look at geological diagrams of plate boundaries, and read u...

1 answer  ·  posted 3mo ago by pureferret ‭  ·  last activity 3mo ago by Olin Lathrop‭

#1: Initial revision by user avatar pureferret ‭ · 2024-02-04T12:25:51Z (3 months ago)
Where should my island mountain ranges be, based on my plate tectonics?
I've sketched out an island, and then threw some tectonic plate boundaries on top hoping it would help me plot mountains.

But the more I look at geological diagrams of plate boundaries, and read up on them the more confused I get.

Here's my island:

![outline of an island with four plate boundaries](https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/uploads/9tim12z0oz6s4idpunikbnouzmno)

I put the boundaries there thinking they made sense for the island shape, but I'm not sure anymore.

Where should my island mountain ranges be, based on my plate tectonics?

Or do I need to redraw the plate boundaries?