Sunda Plate

E73074

minor tectonic plate tectonic plate

The Sunda Plate is a minor tectonic plate in Southeast Asia that underlies much of Indonesia and surrounding regions, interacting with several neighboring plates and contributing to the area's high seismic and volcanic activity.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Sunda Plate canonical	24
Sunda	1
Sunda Arc	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	minor tectonic plate ⓘ tectonic plate ⓘ
associatedWith	Indonesian volcanic arc ⓘ Java Trench ⓘ Java subduction zone ⓘ Sumatra subduction zone ⓘ Sunda Arc ⓘ Sunda Trench ⓘ frequent large earthquakes ⓘ high seismic activity ⓘ intense volcanic activity ⓘ tsunamigenic earthquakes ⓘ
borderedBy	Australian Plate ⓘ Burma Plate ⓘ Caroline Plate ⓘ India Plate ⓘ surface form: Indian Plate Halmahera Plate ⓘ surface form: Molucca Sea Plate Pacific Plate ⓘ Philippine Sea Plate ⓘ South China Block ⓘ Yangtze Plate ⓘ
contains	Sunda Shelf ⓘ back-arc basins behind Sunda Arc ⓘ continental crust regions of Southeast Asia ⓘ parts of the South China Sea basin ⓘ
contributesTo	earthquake hazard in Southeast Asia ⓘ tectonic complexity of Indonesia ⓘ volcanic hazard in Indonesia ⓘ
geologicalSetting	margin of Eurasian Plate ⓘ
hasBoundaryType	convergent boundary ⓘ divergent boundary (local, back-arc and rift zones) ⓘ subduction zone ⓘ transform boundary ⓘ
locatedIn	Southeast Asia ⓘ
movementDirection	generally eastward relative to Indian Plate ⓘ
movementType	relative motion with surrounding plates ⓘ
namedAfter	Sunda region of Indonesia ⓘ
overrides	Australian Plate along Java Trench ⓘ Indian Plate along Sunda Trench ⓘ
partOf	Eurasian Plate ⓘ surface form: Eurasian Plate system
subductsBeneath	Burma Plate ⓘ
underlies	Borneo ⓘ Java ⓘ Malay Peninsula ⓘ Sumatra ⓘ eastern Indian Ocean margin near Indonesia ⓘ much of Indonesia ⓘ southern South China Sea ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

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

Philippine Sea Plate → borders → Sunda Plate ⓘ

Krakatoa → mountainRange → Sunda Plate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sunda Arc

Wayang → mainRegion → Sunda Plate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sunda

Mount Tambora → locatedOnTectonicPlate → Sunda Plate ⓘ

Sumatra subduction zone → overlies → Sunda Plate ⓘ

Sumatra subduction zone → overriddenBy → Sunda Plate ⓘ

Java Trench → overridingPlate → Sunda Plate ⓘ

Java Trench → plateBoundaryBetween → Sunda Plate ⓘ

Philippine Mobile Belt → boundedBy → Sunda Plate ⓘ

Amur Plate → borderedBy → Sunda Plate ⓘ

Okhotsk Plate → borderedBy → Sunda Plate ⓘ

Philippine Archipelago → locatedNearPlate → Sunda Plate ⓘ

Sunda Arc → overridingPlate → Sunda Plate ⓘ

Sunda Shelf → subregionOf → Sunda Plate ⓘ

Mount Egon → locatedOnTectonicPlate → Sunda Plate ⓘ

Banda Arc → associatedPlate → Sunda Plate ⓘ

2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake → involvedPlate → Sunda Plate ⓘ

Sunda subduction system → overridingPlate → Sunda Plate ⓘ

Burma Plate → borderedBy → Sunda Plate ⓘ

Burma Plate → motionRelativeTo → Sunda Plate ⓘ

Mindoro microplate → boundedBy → Sunda Plate ⓘ

Philippine Microplate → boundedBy → Sunda Plate ⓘ

Inerie volcano → tectonicPlate → Sunda Plate ⓘ

Galunggung volcano → tectonicPlate → Sunda Plate ⓘ

subject surface form: Galunggung

Cotabato Trench → tectonicPlate → Sunda Plate ⓘ

Banda Sea Plate → borderedBy → Sunda Plate ⓘ