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 (4)

Label Occurrences
Australian Plate canonical 76
Australia Plate 1
Australian Plate margin 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (79)

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 ⓘ
Lord Howe Seamount Chain → tectonicPlate → Australian Plate ⓘ
Hikurangi Trench → overridingPlate → Australian Plate ⓘ
Alpine Fault → separates → Australian Plate ⓘ
Solomon Sea Plate → borderedBy → Australian Plate ⓘ
Solomon Sea Plate → subductsBeneath → Australian Plate ⓘ
Seram Sea → locatedOnPlate → Australian Plate ⓘ
Sawuse Sea → locatedOn → Australian Plate ⓘ
Sawusea → locatedOn → Australian Plate margin ⓘ
linked to: Australian Plate
South Bismarck Plate → borders → Australian Plate ⓘ
Lau Ridge → associatedWith → Australian Plate ⓘ