Plate boundary model
Bird, Peter (2003) An updated digital model of plate boundaries, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 4(3), 1027
Converted into Google Earth format by Thomas Christian Chust.

Plate boundaries
Click on heading for key to plate boundary colors
Oceanic spreading ridge
Oceanic transform fault
Oceanic convergent boundary
Continental rift boundary
Continental transform fault
Continental convergent boundary
Subduction zone
Plate boundaries that are uncertain are drawn more transparently.

Africa - Antarctica

Antarctica - Africa

Somalia - Antarctica

Somalia - India

Australia - Somalia

Eurasia - Africa

India - Somalia

North America - Africa

Africa - South America

Australia - Antarctica

Antarctica - Nazca

Pacific - Antarctica

Antarctica - South America

Arabia - Eurasia

Sunda - Australia

Timor - Australia

Pacific - Australia

Australia - Pacific

Kermadec - Pacific

Tonga - Pacific

Kermadec - Australia

Pacific - Niuafo'ou

Pacific - Tonga

Woodlark - Maoke

Woodlark - Australia

South Bismarck - Solomon Sea

North Bismarck - Solomon Sea

Pacific - Solomon Sea

Pacific - Woodlark

Solomon Sea - Woodlark

Australia - Woodlark

New Hebrides - Australia

Caribbean - North America

Caribbean - Cocos

Caribbean - South America

Cocos - North America

Cocos - Pacific

Cocos - Nazca

Eurasia - India

North America - Eurasia

Pacific - Okhotsk

Pacific - Juan de Fuca

Juan de Fuca - North America

Okhotsk - Pacific

North America - Pacific

North America - South America

Nazca - Pacific

Nazca - South America

Nazca - Altiplano

Nazca - North Andes

Okinawa - Philippine Sea

Amur - Philippine Sea

Okhotsk - Philippine Sea

Philippine Sea - Caroline

Philippine Sea - Pacific

Mariana - Pacific

Kermadec - Tonga

Niuafo'ou - Futuna

Niuafo'ou - Australia

Tonga - Niuafo'ou

Tonga - Australia

Scotia - Antarctica

Shetland - Antarctica

Scotia - Shetland

Aegean Sea - Anatolia

Aegean Sea - Eurasia

Arabia - Africa

Anatolia - Arabia

Eurasia - Arabia

Anatolia - Eurasia

Okhotsk - North America

Okhotsk - Eurasia

Okhotsk - Amur

Amur - Eurasia

Eurasia - Sunda

Yangtze - Sunda

Burma - Eurasia

India - Eurasia

Burma - India

Burma - Australia

Eurasia - Yangtze

Altiplano - South America

Pacific - North America

Rivera - Pacific

North America - Rivera

Rivera - Cocos

Philippine Sea - Yangtze

Philippine Sea - Sunda

Sunda - Birds Head

Birds Head - Sunda

Molucca Sea - Sunda

Molucca Sea - Banda Sea

Molucca Sea - Birds Head

Banda Sea - Sunda

Banda Sea - Australia

Birds Head - Banda Sea

Sunda - Timor

Banda Sea - Timor

Birds Head - Caroline

Birds Head - Philippine Sea

Australia - Maoke

Australia - Birds Head

Maoke - Birds Head

Sunda - Burma

India - Burma

Eurasia - North America

India - Australia

Yangtze - Okinawa

Amur - Okinawa

Eurasia - Amur

Amur - Yangtze

Caroline - Philippine Sea

Pacific - Caroline

Caroline - North Bismarck

Pacific - North Bismarck

Caroline - Woodlark

Woodlark - Birds Head

North Bismarck - South Bismarck

North Bismarck - Woodlark

North Bismarck - Manus

Manus - South Bismarck

South Bismarck - Woodlark

Woodlark - Solomon Sea

Philippine Sea - Mariana

New Hebrides - Pacific

Conway Reef - New Hebrides

Balmoral Reef - New Hebrides

Balmoral Reef - Conway Reef

Australia - Conway Reef

Balmoral Reef - Australia

Pacific - Balmoral Reef

Futuna - Australia

Futuna - Pacific

Easter - Pacific

Easter - Nazca

Juan Fernandez - Pacific

Juan Fernandez - Antarctica

Juan Fernandez - Nazca

Galapagos - Pacific

Galapagos - Nazca

Galapagos - Cocos

Pacific - Cocos

Scotia - South America

Sandwich - Scotia

Sandwich - Antarctica

Sandwich - South America

Arabia - India

India - Arabia

Somalia - Arabia

Africa - Arabia

Aegean Sea - Africa

Anatolia - Africa

Somalia - Africa

Africa - Somalia

Panama - Caribbean

Nazca - Panama

Cocos - Panama

North Andes - Nazca

Panama - North Andes

Caribbean - North Andes

North Andes - South America

Plate labels
To get a centralized view of a plate, expand this folder and click on the plate name.

Africa

Antarctica

Somalia

India

Australia

Eurasia

North America

South America

Nazca

Pacific

Arabia

Sunda

Timor

Kermadec

Tonga

Niuafo'ou

Woodlark

Maoke

South Bismarck

Solomon Sea

North Bismarck

New Hebrides

Caribbean

Cocos

Okhotsk

Juan de Fuca

Altiplano

North Andes

Okinawa

Philippine Sea

Amur

Caroline

Mariana

Futuna

Scotia

Shetland

Aegean Sea

Anatolia

Yangtze

Burma

Rivera

Birds Head

Molucca Sea

Banda Sea

Manus

Conway Reef

Balmoral Reef

Easter

Juan Fernandez

Galapagos

Sandwich

Panama