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| Type | Micro |
| Movement1 | North |
| Speed1 | 44mm/year |
| Features | Timor, Pacific Ocean |
| 1Relative to the African Plate | |
The Timor Plate is a small tectonic plate (microplate) in Southeast Asia carrying the island of Timor and surrounding islands. The Australian Plateissubducting under the southern edge of the plate, while a small divergent boundary is located on the eastern edge. Another convergent boundary exists with the Banda Sea Plate to the north, and to the west is a transform boundary.
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