Plate

Nazca Plate

The Nazca Plate covers 16,101,100 km² and borders 10 plates. Along its boundaries, plates move on average 79.2 mm per year relative to each other, up to 151.2 mm per year. 17 volcanoes active over the last 10,000 years lie on it, 10 of which have erupted since 1900.

Area

16,101,100 km²

Average Speed at Boundaries

79.2 mm/yr

Maximum Speed

151.2 mm/yr

Volcanoes on the Plate

17

Boundaries

Neighbouring Plates

• Antarctic Plate
• Altiplano Plate
• Cocos Plate
• Easter Plate
• Galápagos Plate
• Juan Fernández Plate
• North Andes Plate
• Pacific Plate
• Panama Plate
• South American Plate

Dives Beneath

• Altiplano Plate
• North Andes Plate
• South American Plate

Volcanoes That Erupted Since 1900

• Fernandina
• Volcán Wolf
• Sierra Negra
• Cerro Azul
• Galapagos Rift at 86°W
• Alcedo Volcano
• Marchena
• Southern EPR at 17.5°S (Segment K)
• Southern EPR at 8°S
• Santiago

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