West Scotia Basin
![The Scotia plate is shown in blue-green toward the bottom of this map. The West Scotia basin is on the left side of the plate.](/Images/godic/202502/20/Plates_tect2_en.svg2316.png")
The West Scotia Basin is a submarine basin in the South Atlantic Ocean, near its border with the Southern Ocean. The basin is found southeast of Tierra del Fuego, south of the Falkland Islands, and northeast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It forms the western portion of the Scotia Plate.