Plate

Cocos Plate

The Cocos Plate covers 2,931,784 km² and borders 7 plates. Along its boundaries, plates move on average 69.9 mm per year relative to each other, up to 126.3 mm per year. 2 volcanoes active over the last 10,000 years lie on it, 1 of which have erupted since 1900.

Area

2,931,784 km²

Average Speed at Boundaries

69.9 mm/yr

Maximum Speed

126.3 mm/yr

Volcanoes on the Plate

2

Boundaries

Neighbouring Plates

• Caribbean Plate
• Galápagos Plate
• North American Plate
• Nazca Plate
• Pacific Plate
• Panama Plate
• Rivera Plate

Dives Beneath

• Caribbean Plate
• North American Plate
• Panama Plate

Volcanoes That Erupted Since 1900

• Northern EPR at 10.7°N

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