Pole Pole Rotation

Area latitude longitude rate

Identifier Plate Name (sterradian) (deg. N.) (deg. E) (deg./Ma)
AF Africa 1.44065 59.160 -73.174 0.9270
AM Amur 0.13066 57.645 -83.736 0.9309
AN Antarctica 1.43268 64.315 -83.984 0.8695
AP Altiplano 0.02050 33.639 -81.177 0.9160
AR Arabia 0.12082 59.658 -33.193 1.1616
AS Aegean Sea 0.00793 74.275 -87.237 0.6497
AT Anatolia 0.01418 56.283 8.932 1.6400
AU Australia 1.13294 60.080 1.742 1.0744
BH Birds Head 0.01295 12.559 87.957 0.3029
BR Balmoral Reef 0.00481 45.900 -111.000 0.2000
BS Banda Sea 0.01715 16.007 122.442 2.1250
BU Burma 0.01270 8.894 -75.511 2.6670
CA Caribbean 0.07304 54.313 -79.431 0.9040
CL Caroline 0.03765 10.130 -45.570 0.3090
CO Cocos 0.07223 36.823 -108.629 1.9975
CR Conway Reef 0.00356 -12.628 175.127 3.6050
EA Easter 0.00411 28.300 66.400 11.4000
EU Eurasia 1.19630 61.066 -85.819 0.8591
FT Futuna 0.00079 -10.158 -178.305 4.8480
GP Galapagos 0.00036 9.399 79.690 5.2750
IN India 0.30637 60.494 -30.403 1.1034
JF Juan de Fuca 0.00632 35.000 26.000 0.5068
JZ Juan Fernandez 0.00241 35.910 70.166 22.5200
KE Kermadec 0.01245 47.521 -3.115 2.8310
MA Mariana 0.01037 43.777 149.205 1.2780
MN Manus 0.00020 -3.037 150.456 51.3000
MO Maoke 0.00284 59.589 78.880 0.8927
MS Molucca Sea 0.01030 11.103 -56.746 4.0700
NA North America 1.36559 48.709 -78.167 0.7486
NB North Bismarck 0.00956 -4.000 139.000 0.3300
ND North Andes 0.02394 58.664 -89.003 0.7009
NH New Hebrides 0.01585 13.000 -12.000 2.7000
NI Niuafo'ou 0.00306 6.868 -168.868 3.2550
NZ Nazca 0.39669 55.578 -90.096 1.3599
OK Okhotsk 0.07482 55.421 -82.859 0.8450
ON Okinawa 0.00802 48.351 142.415 2.8530
PA Pacific 2.57685 0.000 0.000 0.0000
PM Panama 0.00674 54.058 -90.247 0.9069
PS Philippine Sea 0.13409 -1.200 -45.800 1.0000
RI Rivera 0.00249 26.700 -105.200 4.6923
SA South America 1.03045 54.999 -85.752 0.6365
SB South Bismarck 0.00762 10.610 -32.990 8.4400
SC Scotia 0.04190 48.625 -81.454 0.6516
SL Shetland 0.00178 63.121 -97.084 0.8558
SO Somalia 0.47192 58.789 -81.637 0.9783
SS Solomon Sea 0.00317 19.529 135.017 1.4780
SU Sunda 0.21967 55.442 -72.955 1.1030
SW Sandwich 0.00454 -19.019 -39.640 1.8400
TI Timor 0.00870 19.524 112.175 1.5140
TO Tonga 0.00625 28.807 2.263 9.3000
 WL Woodlark 0.01116 22.134 132.330 1.5460
YA Yangtze 0.05425 69.067 -97.718 0.9983
Notes: All poles are expressed in the Pacific-plate reference frame.
Rotation about each pole is counterclockwise when seen from outside the Earth.
All rotations are stated with high precision to permit multiple differencing, but accuracy is much less.
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