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Philippine Plate - Definition and Overview

The Philippine Plate is an oceanic tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean to the east of the Philippine Islands.

The easterly side is a convergent boundary with the subducting Pacific Plate at the Mariana Trench. The Philippine Plate in bounded on the south by the Indo-Australian Plate and on the west by the Eurasian Plate.


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