Maoke plate

Maoke plate
Maoke plate's proposed relationships in Bird's 2003 model of tectonic plates.
TypeMinor
Movement1north
Speed170mm/year
FeaturesNew Guinea
1Relative to the African plate

The Maoke plate is a small tectonic plate located in western New Guinea underlying the Sudirman Range from which the highest mountain on the island- Puncak Jaya rises. To its east was proposed a convergent boundary with the Woodlark plate, although this is now best modelled after further studies as a boundary with an enlarged Solomon Sea plate or a new microplate called the Trobriand plate. To the south lies a transform boundary with the Australian plate and the Bird's Head plate lies to the west.

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