Plate

Somali Plate

The Somali Plate covers 19,154,621 km² and borders 5 plates. Along its boundaries, plates move on average 16 mm per year relative to each other, up to 49.5 mm per year. 49 volcanoes active over the last 10,000 years lie on it, 9 of which have erupted since 1900.

Area

19,154,621 km²

Average Speed at Boundaries

16 mm/yr

Maximum Speed

49.5 mm/yr

Volcanoes on the Plate

49

Boundaries

Neighbouring Plates

• African Plate
• Antarctic Plate
• Arabian Plate
• Australian Plate
• Indian Plate

Volcanoes That Erupted Since 1900

• Ol Doinyo Lengai
• Piton de la Fournaise
• Fani Maoré
• Mount Karthala
• Ardoukoba
• Mugogo
• The Barrier
• Emuruangogolak
• Mount Meru

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