The 'Eurasian Plate' is a
tectonic plate covering
Eurasia (a landmass consisting of the traditional
continents of
Europe and
Asia) except that it does not cover the
Indian subcontinent, the
Arabian subcontinent, and the area east of the
Verkhoyansk Range in East
Siberia. It extends westward to the
Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
The easterly side is a boundary with the
North American Plate to the north and a boundary with the
Philippine Plate to the south, and possibly with the
Okhotsk Plate and the
Amurian Plate. The southerly side is a boundary with the
African Plate to the west, the
Arabian Plate in the middle and the
Indo-Australian Plate to the east. The westerly side is a
divergent boundary with the North American Plate forming the northernmost part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. It is the 3rd largest tectonic plate.