Plate

Amur Plate

The Amur Plate covers 5,303,368 km² and borders 5 plates. Along its boundaries, plates move on average 11.8 mm per year relative to each other, up to 55.7 mm per year. 23 volcanoes active over the last 10,000 years lie on it, 6 of which have erupted since 1900.

Area

5,303,368 km²

Average Speed at Boundaries

11.8 mm/yr

Maximum Speed

55.7 mm/yr

Volcanoes on the Plate

23

Boundaries

Neighbouring Plates

• Eurasian Plate
• Okhotsk Plate
• Okinawa Plate
• Philippine Sea Plate
• Yangtze Plate

Overrides

• Philippine Sea Plate

Volcanoes That Erupted Since 1900

• Asosan
• Ontakesan
• Unzendake
• Kujusan
• Yakedake
• Changbaishan

Sources : Bird, P. (2003), An updated digital model of plate boundaries, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, modèle PB2002 · Smithsonian GVP · calculs Live Atlas