Pacific Plate

E3547

lithospheric plate oceanic plate tectonic plate

The Pacific Plate is the largest tectonic plate on Earth, underlying most of the Pacific Ocean and driving significant volcanic and seismic activity along its boundaries.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Pacific Plate canonical	213
Pacific Plate (eastern margin vicinity)	1
Pacific Plate and Antarctic Plate	1
Pacific Plate margin	1
Pacific Plate region	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	lithospheric plate ⓘ oceanic plate ⓘ tectonic plate ⓘ
ageRange	mostly Mesozoic to Cenozoic oceanic crust ⓘ
boundaryTypeIncludes	convergent boundaries ⓘ divergent boundaries ⓘ transform boundaries ⓘ
boundedBy	Antarctic Plate ⓘ Cocos Plate ⓘ Eurasian Plate ⓘ Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ Nazca Plate ⓘ Nazca microplates and smaller plates ⓘ North American Plate ⓘ Japan Trench ⓘ surface form: Okhotsk Plate Philippine Sea Plate ⓘ Rivera Plate ⓘ South American Plate ⓘ
containsFeature	Hawaii hotspot track ⓘ Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain ⓘ Pacific Ocean basin ⓘ
coversMostOf	Pacific Ocean seafloor ⓘ
drives	seismic activity around Pacific Rim ⓘ volcanic activity around Pacific Rim ⓘ
formedBy	seafloor spreading at mid-ocean ridges ⓘ
hasBoundaryFeature	East Pacific Rise ⓘ Japan Trench ⓘ Mariana Trench ⓘ Ring of Fire ⓘ San Andreas Fault ⓘ Tonga Trench ⓘ
hasType	mostly oceanic crust ⓘ
isLargest	tectonic plate on Earth ⓘ
locatedOn	Earth ⓘ
movementCauses	earthquakes ⓘ island arcs ⓘ subduction zones ⓘ volcanic arcs ⓘ
movesDirection	generally northwest ⓘ
movesRelativeTo	Eurasian Plate ⓘ Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ North American Plate ⓘ
namedAfter	Pacific Ocean ⓘ
overlies	Earth asthenosphere ⓘ
partOf	Earth lithosphere ⓘ
subductsBeneath	Eurasian Plate ⓘ Indo-Australian Plate in some regions ⓘ North American Plate ⓘ Philippine Sea Plate ⓘ

Referenced by (217)

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

Pacific Ocean → hasTectonicBoundary → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Pacific Ring of Fire → associatedWith → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Mariana Trench → oceanBasin → Pacific Plate ⓘ

San Andreas Fault → tectonicPlateBoundaryBetween → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Juan de Fuca Plate → borders → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Juan de Fuca Plate → separatedFrom → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Juan de Fuca Plate → isYoungerThan → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Juan de Fuca Plate → isSmallerThan → Pacific Plate ⓘ

North American Plate → hasBoundaryWith → Pacific Plate ⓘ

North American Plate → motionRelativeTo → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Aleutian Arc → formsBoundaryWith → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Aleutian Arc → subductingPlate → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Indo-Australian Plate → hasBoundaryWith → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Indo-Australian Plate → movesRelativeTo → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Ring of Fire → associatedWith → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Tonga Trench → associatedWithPlate → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Eurasian Plate → hasBoundaryWith → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Eurasian Plate → interactsWith → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Eurasian Plate → movesRelativeTo → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Kamchatka volcanic arc → subductingPlate → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Nazca Plate → bordersPlate → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Cocos Plate → borders → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Pacific coast of North America → associatedWithPlate → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Mariana volcanic arc → nearbyPlate → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Antarctic Plate → borders → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Cape Mendocino → tectonicPlateBoundary → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Explorer Plate → bordersWith → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Explorer Plate → isSmallerThan → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Philippine Sea Plate → overrides → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Philippine Sea Plate → borders → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Juan de Fuca Ridge → associatedWith → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Mauna Loa → locatedOnPlate → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Caribbean Plate → hasBoundaryWith → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Kīlauea → hasGeologicSetting → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Aleutian Islands → tectonicPlate → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Gorda Plate → bordersWith → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Farallon Plate → wasAdjacentTo → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain → locatedOnTectonicPlate → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain → recordsMovementOf → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Japan Trench → subductingPlate → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Japan Trench → isBoundaryBetween → Pacific Plate ⓘ

East Pacific Rise → separates → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Mariana Island Arc → subductingPlate → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Rivera Plate → borders → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Rivera Plate → interactsWith → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Rivera Plate → movesRelativeTo → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Rivera Plate → isSmallerThan → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Kuril Islands → hasTectonicPlate → Pacific Plate ⓘ

New Guinea → nearTectonicBoundaryWith → Pacific Plate ⓘ

Gulf of California rift zone → boundedBy → Pacific Plate ⓘ