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Plate
Pacific Plate
The Pacific Plate covers 104,592,372 km² and borders 23 plates. Along its boundaries, plates move on average 72.6 mm per year relative to each other, up to 263.3 mm per year. 45 volcanoes active over the last 10,000 years lie on it, 19 of which have erupted since 1900.
- Area
- 104,592,372 km²
- Average Speed at Boundaries
- 72.6 mm/yr
- Maximum Speed
- 263.3 mm/yr
- Volcanoes on the Plate
- 45
Boundaries
Neighbouring Plates
- Antarctic Plate
- Australian Plate
- Balmoral Reef Plate
- Caroline Plate
- Cocos Plate
- Easter Plate
- Futuna Plate
- Galápagos Plate
- Juan de Fuca Plate
- Juan Fernández Plate
- Kermadec Plate
- Mariana Plate
- North American Plate
- North Bismarck Plate
- New Hebrides Plate
- Niuafo'ou Plate
- Nazca Plate
- Okhotsk Plate
- Philippine Sea Plate
- Rivera Plate
- Solomon Sea Plate
- Tonga Plate
- Woodlark Plate
Dives Beneath
Overrides
Volcanoes That Erupted Since 1900
- Bagana
- Kīlauea
- Northern EPR at 9.8°N
- Tinakula
- Mauna Loa
- Axial Seamount
- Kavachi
- Vailuluu
- Kamaehuakanaloa
- Socorro
- CoAxial Segment
- Macdonald
- Teahitia
- Rocard
- Moua Pihaa
- Volcán Bárcena
- Southern EPR at 18.5°S (Segment I)
- Savaii
- Simbo
Sources : Bird, P. (2003), An updated digital model of plate boundaries, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, modèle PB2002 · Smithsonian GVP · calculs Live Atlas