Somewhat dated map of the Sunda Plate (as "Sonde") and its neighbouring plates (in
French)
The
Sunda Plate is a
tectonic plate located in southeast
Asia and commonly considered a part of the
Eurasian Plate. The Sunda includes the
South China Sea, the
Andaman Sea, southern parts of
Vietnam and
Thailand along with
Malaysia and the islands of
Borneo,
Sumatra,
Java, and part of
Celebes in
Indonesia, plus the south-western
Philippines islands of
Palawan and the
Sulu Archipelago.
The Sunda is bounded in the east by the
Philippine Mobile Belt,
Molucca Sea Collision Zone,
Molucca Sea Plate,
Banda Sea Plate and
Timor Plate; to the south and west by the
Australian Plate; and to the north by the
Burma Plate,
Eurasian Plate; and
Yangtze Plate.
The eastern, southern, and western boundaries of the Sunda Plate are tectonically complex and seismically active. Only the northern boundary is relatively quiescent.
