Plate

Antarctic Plate

The Antarctic Plate covers 58,152,559 km² and borders 10 plates. Along its boundaries, plates move on average 46.4 mm per year relative to each other, up to 94.7 mm per year. 27 volcanoes active over the last 10,000 years lie on it, 5 of which have erupted since 1900.

Area

58,152,559 km²

Average Speed at Boundaries

46.4 mm/yr

Maximum Speed

94.7 mm/yr

Volcanoes on the Plate

27

Boundaries

Neighbouring Plates

• African Plate
• Australian Plate
• Juan Fernández Plate
• Nazca Plate
• Pacific Plate
• South American Plate
• Scotia Plate
• Shetland Plate
• Somali Plate
• Sandwich Plate

Dives Beneath

• South American Plate
• Scotia Plate
• Shetland Plate

Volcanoes That Erupted Since 1900

• Heard Island (Big Ben)
• Mount Erebus
• McDonald Islands
• Marion Island
• Boomerang Seamount

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