Plate

Niuafo'ou Plate

The Niuafo'ou Plate covers 124,280 km² and borders 4 plates. Along its boundaries, plates move on average 85 mm per year relative to each other, up to 139.1 mm per year. 3 volcanoes active over the last 10,000 years lie on it, 1 of which have erupted since 1900.

Area

124,280 km²

Average Speed at Boundaries

85 mm/yr

Maximum Speed

139.1 mm/yr

Volcanoes on the Plate

3

Boundaries

Neighbouring Plates

• Australian Plate
• Futuna Plate
• Pacific Plate
• Tonga Plate

Volcanoes That Erupted Since 1900

• Niuafoʻou

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