Plate

Sandwich Plate

The Sandwich Plate covers 184,411 km² and borders 3 plates. Along its boundaries, plates move on average 73.3 mm per year relative to each other, up to 84.1 mm per year. 9 volcanoes active over the last 10,000 years lie on it, 7 of which have erupted since 1900.

Area

184,411 km²

Average Speed at Boundaries

73.3 mm/yr

Maximum Speed

84.1 mm/yr

Volcanoes on the Plate

9

Boundaries

Neighbouring Plates

• Antarctic Plate
• South American Plate
• Scotia Plate

Overrides

• South American Plate

Volcanoes That Erupted Since 1900

• Saunders
• Bristol Island
• Zavodovski
• Montagu Island
• Southern Thule
• Protector Seamounts
• Candlemas Island

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