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The Banda Sea Plate is a small tectonic plate underlying the Banda Sea in southeast Asia. This plate also carries a portion of the island of Sulawesi, the entire island of Seram, and the Banda Islands. Clockwise from the east it is bounded by the Bird's Head Plate of western New Guinea, Australian Plate, Timor Plate, Sunda Plate, and the Molucca Sea Plate. The western border is a convergent boundary largely responsible for the mountains in western Sulawesi, subduction zones also exist on the eastern border near Seram and the southern border with the Timor Plate. A small rift is located in the middle of Sulawesi. It is a very seismically active area home to many volcanoes and the site of many large earthquakes, the largest of which was the 1938 Banda Sea earthquake which measured around 8.5 on the Richter scale.

References

Bird, P. (2003). "An updated digital model of plate boundaries". Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 4 (3): 1027. doi:10.1029/2001GC000252.

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	[[Image:Sunda Plate map-fr.png\|thumb\|right\|375x375px\|Map of the Banda Sea Plate (as "Mer de Banda") and its ~~neigbouring~~ plates (in [[French language\|French]])]]		[[Image:Sunda Plate map-fr.png\|thumb\|right\|375x375px\|Map of the Banda Sea Plate (as "Mer de Banda") and its neighbouring plates (in [[French language\|French]])]]

	The '''Banda Sea Plate''' is a small [[tectonic plate]] underlying the [[Banda Sea]] in southeast [[Asia]]. This plate also carries a portion of the island of [[Sulawesi]], the entire island of [[Seram]], and the [[Banda Islands]]. Clockwise from the east it is bounded by the [[Bird's Head Plate]] of western [[New Guinea]], [[Australian Plate]], [[Timor Plate]], [[Sunda Plate]], and the [[Molucca Sea Plate]]. The western border is a [[convergent boundary]] largely responsible for the mountains in western Sulawesi, [[subduction zones]] also exist on the eastern border near Seram and the southern border with the [[Timor Plate]]. A small rift is located in the middle of Sulawesi. It is a very seismically active area home to many volcanoes and the site of many large earthquakes, the largest of which was the [[1938 Banda Sea earthquake]] which measured around 8.5 on the [[Richter scale]].		The '''Banda Sea Plate''' is a small [[tectonic plate]] underlying the [[Banda Sea]] in southeast [[Asia]]. This plate also carries a portion of the island of [[Sulawesi]], the entire island of [[Seram]], and the [[Banda Islands]]. Clockwise from the east it is bounded by the [[Bird's Head Plate]] of western [[New Guinea]], [[Australian Plate]], [[Timor Plate]], [[Sunda Plate]], and the [[Molucca Sea Plate]]. The western border is a [[convergent boundary]] largely responsible for the mountains in western Sulawesi, [[subduction zones]] also exist on the eastern border near Seram and the southern border with the [[Timor Plate]]. A small rift is located in the middle of Sulawesi. It is a very seismically active area home to many volcanoes and the site of many large earthquakes, the largest of which was the [[1938 Banda Sea earthquake]] which measured around 8.5 on the [[Richter scale]].