Plate

Molucca Sea Plate

The Molucca Sea Plate covers 418,102 km² and borders 3 plates. Along its boundaries, plates move on average 39.4 mm per year relative to each other, up to 100.9 mm per year. 1 volcanoes active over the last 10,000 years lie on it, 1 of which have erupted since 1900.

Area

418,102 km²

Average Speed at Boundaries

39.4 mm/yr

Maximum Speed

100.9 mm/yr

Volcanoes on the Plate

1

Boundaries

Neighbouring Plates

• Bird's Head Plate
• Banda Sea Plate
• Sunda Plate

Dives Beneath

• Bird's Head Plate
• Sunda Plate

Overrides

• Sunda Plate

Volcanoes That Erupted Since 1900

• Colo

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