Maoke Plate | |
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![]() Maoke Plate's proposed relationships in Bird's 2003 model of tectonic plates.[1] | |
Type | Minor |
Movement1 | north |
Speed1 | 70mm/year |
Features | New 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,[1] 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.[2][3] 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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