Plate

Indian Plate

The Indian Plate covers 12,434,886 km² and borders 5 plates. Along its boundaries, plates move on average 27.8 mm per year relative to each other, up to 53.9 mm per year. 1 volcanoes active over the last 10,000 years lie on it, 0 of which have erupted since 1900.

Area

12,434,886 km²

Average Speed at Boundaries

27.8 mm/yr

Maximum Speed

53.9 mm/yr

Volcanoes on the Plate

1

Boundaries

Neighbouring Plates

• Arabian Plate
• Australian Plate
• Burma Plate
• Eurasian Plate
• Somali Plate

Dives Beneath

• Burma Plate

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