Australian Plate

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The Australian Plate is a major tectonic plate that carries the continent of Australia and surrounding oceanic crust, moving generally northeast and interacting with several neighboring plates to shape regional geology and seismic activity.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Australian Plate canonical 37
Australia Plate 1
Australian tectonic plate 1

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf major lithospheric plate
tectonic plate
associatedWith earthquakes in Indonesia
earthquakes in New Zealand
earthquakes in Papua New Guinea
earthquakes in the Indian Ocean region
volcanic activity in Indonesia
volcanic activity in New Zealand
averageVelocity about 6 to 7 centimeters per year
boundaryTypeWith Antarctic Plate divergent boundary
boundaryTypeWith Eurasian Plate convergent boundary
boundaryTypeWith Indian Plate complex convergent boundary
boundaryTypeWith Pacific Plate convergent boundary
boundaryTypeWith Philippine Sea Plate convergent boundary
carries continent of Australia
surrounding oceanic crust
compositionIncludes continental crust
oceanic crust
formsBoundary Java Trench
Kermadec Trench
Macquarie Trench
Puysegur Trench
linked to: Hikurangi Trench

Tonga Trench
formsFeature Coral Sea Basin
East Australian passive margin
Himalayan orogenic system (as part of Indo-Australian Plate)
linked to: Himalayan orogeny

Indonesian island arc systems
Macquarie Ridge complex
New Guinea highlands
New Zealand plate boundary zone
Tasman Sea Basin
interactsWith Antarctic Plate
Eurasian Plate
Indian Plate
linked to: India Plate

Nazca Plate
Pacific Plate
Philippine Sea Plate
locatedIn Eastern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
movesDirection northeast
namedAfter Australia
overlies asthenosphere
partOf Indo-Australian Plate
partOfEarthLayer lithosphere
underlies Australia
Coral Sea
New Guinea
Tasman Sea
Tasmania
eastern Indian Ocean
linked to: Indian Ocean

parts of New Zealand

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Referenced by (39)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bird’s Head Plate interactsWith Australian Plate
Sunda Plate borderedBy Australian Plate
Mount Balbi nearTectonicPlate Australian Plate
Savu Sea locatedOn Australian Plate
Havre Trough tectonicPlateBoundary Australian Plate
Challenger Plateau tectonicPlate Australian Plate
New Hebrides Trench isBoundaryBetween Australian Plate
Timor Trough separates Australian Plate
Banda Arc associatedPlate Australian Plate
Weber Deep tectonicPlate Australian Plate
North Bismarck Plate interactsWith Australian Plate
North Bismarck Plate movesRelativeTo Australian Plate
New Guinea Trench associatedTectonicPlate Australian Plate
Colville Ridge associatedWith Australian Plate
Lau Basin associatedWith Australian Plate
subject linked to: back-arc Lau Basin
India Plate boundedBy Australian Plate
India Plate interactsWith Australian Plate
India Plate riftedFrom Australia Plate
linked to: Australian Plate
Okataina Volcanic Centre tectonicPlate Australian Plate
Norfolk Ridge tectonicPlate Australian Plate
Campbell Plateau separatedFrom Australian Plate
Alofi continentalShelf Australian Plate
Buru Island locatedOnTectonicPlate Australian Plate
Antarctic Plate boundedBy Australian Plate
Antarctic Plate movesRelativeTo Australian Plate
Antarctic Plate seafloorSpreadingWith Australian Plate
Pacific Ocean drainage basin locatedOn Australian Plate
Ceram Sea locatedOn Australian Plate
Vogelkop Peninsula locatedOn Australian tectonic plate
linked to: Australian Plate
Halmahera Plate interactsWith Australian Plate
Banda Sea Plate borderedBy Australian Plate
Banda Sea Plate overrides Australian Plate
Banda Sea Plate movementRelativeTo Australian Plate
Vogelkop Plate interactsWith Australian Plate
Maoke Plate relativeTo Australian Plate
Zealandia borderedBy Australian Plate
subject linked to: Zealandia microcontinent
Taupō Volcanic Zone associatedWith Australian Plate