Plate

Banda Sea Plate

The Banda Sea Plate covers 695,909 km² and borders 5 plates. Along its boundaries, plates move on average 34.1 mm per year relative to each other, up to 76.9 mm per year. 3 volcanoes active over the last 10,000 years lie on it, 2 of which have erupted since 1900.

Area

695,909 km²

Average Speed at Boundaries

34.1 mm/yr

Maximum Speed

76.9 mm/yr

Volcanoes on the Plate

3

Boundaries

Neighbouring Plates

• Australian Plate
• Bird's Head Plate
• Molucca Sea Plate
• Sunda Plate
• Timor Plate

Overrides

• Bird's Head Plate
• Sunda Plate

Volcanoes That Erupted Since 1900

• Banda Api
• Mount Serua

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