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Plate
Eurasian Plate
The Eurasian Plate covers 48,558,157 km² and borders 11 plates. Along its boundaries, plates move on average 19.8 mm per year relative to each other, up to 53.9 mm per year. 56 volcanoes active over the last 10,000 years lie on it, 14 of which have erupted since 1900.
- Area
- 48,558,157 km²
- Average Speed at Boundaries
- 19.8 mm/yr
- Maximum Speed
- 53.9 mm/yr
- Volcanoes on the Plate
- 56
Boundaries
Neighbouring Plates
- African Plate
- Amur Plate
- Arabian Plate
- Aegean Sea Plate
- Anatolian Plate
- Burma Plate
- Indian Plate
- North American Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Sunda Plate
- Yangtze Plate
Dives Beneath
Overrides
Volcanoes That Erupted Since 1900
- Stromboli
- Bardarbunga
- Grímsvötn
- Eyjafjallajökull
- Jan Mayen
- Krafla
- Vestmannaeyjar
- Kverkfjöll
- Askja
- Ashikule Volcanic Field
- Vesuvius
- Hainan Volcanic Field
- Katla
- Thordarhyrna
Sources : Bird, P. (2003), An updated digital model of plate boundaries, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, modèle PB2002 · Smithsonian GVP · calculs Live Atlas