Somali Plate

E96421

The Somali Plate is a minor tectonic plate in East Africa that is slowly rifting away from the main African Plate along the East African Rift system.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Somali Plate canonical 13

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf minor tectonic plate
tectonic plate
associatedWith Great Rift Valley
linked to: East African Rift

continental rifting
earthquake activity in East Africa
intraplate volcanism
boundedBy Antarctic Plate to the south
Arabian Plate to the north
Indian Plate to the east
Nubian Plate to the west
contains Comoros Islands
linked to: Comoros

Kenya
Madagascar
Mozambique
Somalia
Tanzania
parts of Ethiopia
parts of Malawi
formsPartOf Afro-Arabian plate boundary region
geologicalProcess continental breakup of Africa
hasBoundary Aden Ridge
linked to: Gorda Ridge

Carlsberg Ridge
Central Indian Ridge
Davie Ridge
East African Rift System
linked to: East African Rift

Southwest Indian Ridge
hasBoundaryType divergent boundary
transform boundary
hasFeature East African Rift Valley
linked to: East African Rift

rift-related volcanic provinces
isPartOf African Plate system
locatedIn East Africa
motionType rift-related extension
movementDirection generally eastward relative to Nubian Plate
movesRelativeTo Arabian Plate
Indian Plate
linked to: India Plate

Nubian Plate
linked to: African Plate
namedAfter Somalia
partOf African Plate
plateType continental-oceanic plate
riftSystem East African Rift System
linked to: East African Rift
seafloorSpreadingRate slow
separatedFrom Nubian Plate
linked to: African Plate
separatingFrom African Plate
underlies Mozambique Channel
Somali Basin
western Indian Ocean

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

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

African Plate boundedBy Somali Plate
African Plate riftingWith Somali Plate
East African Rift separates Somali Plate
Afar Triangle plateBoundary Somali Plate
Arabian Plate borders Somali Plate
Arabian Plate isRiftingFrom Somali Plate
Indian Ocean Ridge system separates Somali Plate
Gregory Rift associatedWith Somali Plate
Great Rift Valley system associatedWith Somali Plate
India Plate boundedBy Somali Plate
India Plate interactsWith Somali Plate
Carlsberg Ridge formsBoundaryOf Somali Plate