Plate

Australian Plate

The Australian Plate covers 45,984,232 km² and borders 18 plates. Along its boundaries, plates move on average 48.7 mm per year relative to each other, up to 128.8 mm per year. 13 volcanoes active over the last 10,000 years lie on it, 3 of which have erupted since 1900.

Area

45,984,232 km²

Average Speed at Boundaries

48.7 mm/yr

Maximum Speed

128.8 mm/yr

Volcanoes on the Plate

13

Boundaries

Neighbouring Plates

• Antarctic Plate
• Bird's Head Plate
• Balmoral Reef Plate
• Banda Sea Plate
• Burma Plate
• Conway Reef Plate
• Futuna Plate
• Indian Plate
• Kermadec Plate
• Maoke Plate
• New Hebrides Plate
• Niuafo'ou Plate
• Pacific Plate
• Somali Plate
• Sunda Plate
• Timor Plate
• Tonga Plate
• Woodlark Plate

Dives Beneath

• Burma Plate
• New Hebrides Plate
• Pacific Plate
• Sunda Plate

Volcanoes That Erupted Since 1900

• Mount Tongariro
• Mount Ruapehu
• Sessagara Hills

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