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Maoke plate
Maoke plate's proposed relationships in Bird's 2003 model of tectonic plates.
Type	Minor
Movement	north
Speed	70mm/year
Features	New Guinea
Relative to the African plate

The Maoke plate is a small tectonic plate located in western New Guinea underlying the Sudirman Range from which the highest mountain on the island- Puncak Jaya rises. To its east was proposed a convergent boundary with the Woodlark plate, although this is now best modelled after further studies as a boundary with an enlarged Solomon Sea plate or a new microplate called the Trobriand plate. To the south lies a transform boundary with the Australian plate and the Bird's Head plate lies to the west.

References

1. ^ Bird, P. (2003). "An updated digital model of plate boundaries". Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 4 (3): 1027. Bibcode:2003GGG.....4.1027B. doi:10.1029/2001GC000252.
2. Boulart, Cédric; Rouxel, Olivier; Scalabrin, Carla; Le Meur, Pierre; Pelleter, Ewan; Poitrimol, Camille; Thiébaut, Eric; Matabos, Marjolaine; Castel, Jade; Tran Lu Y, Adrien; Michel, Loic N.; Cathalot, Cécile; Chéron, Sandrine; Boissier, Audrey; Germain, Yoan; Guyader, Vivien; Arnaud-Haond, Sophie; Bonhomme, François; Broquet, Thomas; Cueff-Gauchard, Valérie; Le Layec, Victor; L’Haridon, Stéphane; Mary, Jean; Le Port, Anne-Sophie; Tasiemski, Aurélie; Kuama, Darren C.; Hourdez, Stéphane; Jollivet, Didier (2022). "Active hydrothermal vents in the Woodlark Basin may act as dispersing centres for hydrothermal fauna". Communications Earth and Environment. 3 (64). doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00387-9. hdl:20.500.12210/63872.
3. Benyshek, E. K.; Taylor, B. (2021). "Tectonics of the Papua-Woodlark region". Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 22 (e2020GC009209). doi:10.1029/2020GC009209.

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