Somali Plate

Somali Plate
Type	Minor
Approximate area	16,700,000 km2[1]
Movement1	south-east
Speed1	6 mm/year
Features	East Africa, Madagascar, Indian Ocean
1Relative to the African Plate

The Somali Plate is a minor tectonic plate which straddles the Equator in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is currently in the process of separating from the African Plate along the East African Rift Valley. It is approximately centered on the island of Madagascar and includes about half of the east coast of Africa, from the Gulf of Aden in the north through the East African Rift Valley. The southern boundary with the Nubian-African Plate is a diffuse plate boundary consisting of the Lwandle Plate.^[2]