African Plate
tectonic plate underlying Africa
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African Plate
Summary
African Plate is a tectonic plate[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of tectonic_plate entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (532 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- African Plate's image is recorded as AfricanPlate.png[3].
- African Plate's instance of is recorded as tectonic plate[4].
- African Plate's shares border with is recorded as Arabian Plate[5].
- African Plate's shares border with is recorded as Eurasian Plate[6].
- African Plate's shares border with is recorded as Aegean Sea Plate[7].
- African Plate's shares border with is recorded as Anatolian Plate[8].
- African Plate's shares border with is recorded as Somali Plate[9].
- African Plate's shares border with is recorded as Antarctic Plate[10].
- African Plate's shares border with is recorded as South American Plate[11].
- African Plate's shares border with is recorded as North American Plate[12].
- Africa is named after African Plate[13].
- African Plate's Commons category is recorded as African tectonic plate[14].
- African Plate's has part is recorded as West African craton[15].
- African Plate's has part is recorded as Saharan Metacraton[16].
- African Plate's has part is recorded as Tanzania craton[17].
- African Plate's has part is recorded as Kalahari craton[18].
- African Plate's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02l1bn[19].
- African Plate's Quora topic ID is recorded as African-Plate[20].
- African Plate's Mindat locality ID is recorded as 306760[21].
- African Plate's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779867292[22].
- African Plate's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3866152[23].
- African Plate's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2779867292[24].
- African Plate's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as earth-and-planetary-sciences/african-plate[25].
Why It Matters
African Plate ranks in the top 1% of tectonic_plate entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (532 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]